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Mutebile’s funeral to cost more than Shs 409.5 million

The burial of the deceased Bank of Uganda Governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, will cost at least Shs 409.5 million.

The late governor is being given a fitting sendoff

This figure is embracive of many items including foodstuffs, drinks and other consumables which alone will cost about Shs 244 million.

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The road works to ensure the body is taken smoothly for burial once in Kabale district will cost about Shs 33 million and the cost of security thereto is in the ballpark of Shs 131 million.

This budget was drawn up by Kabale district LCV chairperson Nelson Nshangabasheijja and it also includes Shs 6 million on procuring 300 cartons of water, Shs 6 million on soda and Shs 5 million on Obushera, a fermented millet or sorghum beverage that is popular in Kabale.

The late Mutebile died on January 23, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya after battling with the debilitating effects of diabetes.

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Regarding the burial program, which was drawn up by the government, Uganda’s longest serving governor’s body arrived in Uganda on Tuesday at 7:30pm from Nairobi and was taken to A Plus funeral home in Kampala.

On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 there was a vigil at the deceased’s home in Kololo, attended by many dignitaries, friends and family members.

The late Mutebile’s body was thereafter taken to parliament today for a special session where the legislators could remember his services to the nation with tributes paid by those who admired him.

On Friday, January 28, there will be a special funeral service at Kololo ceremonial grounds with President Museveni expected to be the chief mourner.

The burial ceremony proper will take place on Sunday, January 30, 2022. The church service initiating this segment of the official program will begin at Rugarama Cathedral.

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When the church service is over, Mutebile will be laid to rest at his home in Omuruhita on the Kabale- Kisoro Road.

Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile attended Kigezi College Butobere for his O-Level studies. He then attended Makerere College School in Kampala for his A-Level studies.

In 1970, he attended Makerere University, where he was elected guild president.

He was forced to flee Uganda in 1972 after he gave a speech publicly criticizing the expulsion of Asians from the country by Idi Amin.

Travelling to England through Tanzania, he completed his studies at Durham University, graduating with an upper-second in Economics and Politics.

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In October 1974, he began his post-graduate studies at Balliol College, Oxford. After completing that course, he enrolled at the University of Dar es Salaam to lecture and conduct research while pursuing his doctorate in economics.

In 2009, Nkumba University, a Ugandan university based in Entebbe, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree in recognition of his "great contribution towards the development of Uganda's financial sector".

Between the years 1979 and 1984, Tumusiime-Mutebile was appointed to several government positions in Uganda ranging from deputy principal secretary to the president at State House in 1979, to undersecretary in the ministry of planning in 1981 where he rose to senior economist and then chief economist in 1984.

In 1992, he was appointed permanent secretary to the newly combined ministry of finance planning & economic development, a merger that he had advocated while working under the Minister of Finance.

As Bank of Uganda Governor, he is credited with many of the sound economic policies adopted by the Uganda government at the urging of the central bank during the 1990s and the first decade of the 2000s.

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