

The Governor of the Bank of Uganda Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile is dead.
Mutebile died this morning at Nairobi Hospital, according to an announcement by Deputy Governor Micheal Atingi-Ego.
He was 72.
Mutebile was admitted to Nairobi Hospital on Sunday, December 31, 2021, after he collapsed due to complications related to diabetes.
He had been in and out of hospital in recent years for the same complications.
Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, a seasoned professional economist has served as Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Uganda since 2001, and had just started a new term of office for which he was reappointed by 2021.