Tag: Dr Adam Mugume

By Keefa Nuwahereza Bank of Uganda  has been ushered into a new era after President Yoweri Museveni appointed Dr Adam Mugume, as Acting Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda. Dr Mugumre, who is one of Uganda's renowned economists, now replaces former Deputy Governor Dr Louis Kasekende, whose contract expired in February this year. We have established that the decision to appoint Dr Mugume was taken by the board of directors which sat in Kampala this Friday, on advice of President Museveni. According to the board’s presiding chairman, James Kahoza, Dr Mugume “will perform the executive functions of the Office of Deputy Governor until a substantive Deputy Governor is appointed.” Mugume, who taught econometrics for many years at Makerere University, has been serving as the Central Ba...