Uganda’s President Names New Central Bank Governor, Deputy

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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Monday named a new central bank governor and deputy governor, his office said.

Michael Atingi-Ego has been appointed as governor while Augustus Nuwagaba will be his deputy, it said in a statement.

Atingi-Ego previously worked for the central bank in a senior position, then left and returned in 2020 as deputy governor.

He has been the acting head of the bank since the death in 2022 of long-serving governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile.

Nuwagaba is an economics professor at Uganda’s largest public university, Makerere.

He has also worked at Uganda’s finance ministry and as head of a Ugandan-based consultancy, Reev Consult International.

Their names and curriculum vitae will be sent to parliament for approval, Museveni’s office said.