 Manek akabva kuUganda mushure mekurwiswa kwachoweAsia naIdi Amin, muna 1971, uye ane dhigirii muFarmacy kubva kuBrighton Polytechnic. Akavamba cheni yake amene yemakemikari, Dallas Chemists, asati ava mutarisiri wemari. Dallas Chemists yakatengwa neAlliance Unichem muna 1999. 