Benard was born on 26th February 2003 and he is currently 20 years old. He recently completed his Secondary Level Six (S6) from M.M. College Wairaka. He is waiting to join Kyambogo University for a Bachelors of Accounting and Finance.

He stays in Bufula, a village in Jinja district, Uganda. Benard lives with both his parents and has six siblings, four sisters and two brothers. Two of his siblings are still going to school and the rest completed their studies. Benard’s father is a machine operator at a Ugandan Sugar Company and helps support Benard. His mother is a small-scale farmer who grows crops like maize and beans for home consumption and sale. 

Benard is friendly and loves interacting with people in his community. He also loves helping his mother in the garden and is interested in learning more about crops and increasing their yield. This is where his interest in pursuing Agriculture stems from.