Bank of Uganda Governor Dr Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile Is Dead

January 23, 2022
Dr Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile

Dr Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile

The governor Bank of Uganda, Dr Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile has died at the age of 72 after years battling with sickness.

Multiple sources indicate that that the long serving governor passed away at 5:30am this morning after a period of being unwell.

The Bank of Uganda indicates that Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile served as Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Uganda  from 2001 to until his passing today.

A seasoned professional economist and reformer, he spearheaded the design and implementation of the Economic Reform Program that restored Uganda from the economic crises of the 1970s and 1980s to sound economic performance during his service as the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury in the ministry responsible for finance, planning, and economic development.

Dr Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile

He worked as a consultant for multilateral and regional organizations including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of East and Central Africa, UK Department for International Development, the North South Institute in Canada, and for the governments of Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Eritrea, and Nepal.

He was a member of the High Level Panel of the UNDP for the production of the Human Development Report of the UNDP; the Management Group for overseeing the evaluation of the implementation of the Comprehensive Development Framework of the World Bank in 2001; and the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons to advise the President of the African Development Bank on the strategic future of the African Development Bank in 2006.

He held Fellowships of the World Bank Institute, and Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

He was educated at Makerere University, Durham University, and Oxford University.

Born January 27, 1949, Mutebile passes away at the age of 72.