Simon Kagugube

Simon Kagugube (7 January 1956 – 15 February 2020), was a Ugandan lawyer, corporate executive and taxation expert, who served as the Chairman of the board of directors at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), Uganda's revenue collection agency.

He concurrently served as the Chairman of Monitor Publications in Uganda, and was a member of the board of directors at Nation Media Group, based in Kenya. Simultaneously, he was an executive director at Centenary Bank, a commercial bank in Uganda, and he sat on the bank's board of directors.

Background and education He was born in Uganda on 7 January 1956 and attended Namilyango Junior Primary School. For his secondary education, he studied at St. Mary's College Kisubi. He was admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree. He went on to obtain a Diploma in Legal practice, from the Law Development Centre. He was then admitted to the Ugandan Bar, as a practicing attorney.

His degree of Master of Laws in Corporation Law, Taxation and International Trade Systems, was awarded by Yale University, in the United States. He also held a Doctor of Science of Law, also awarded by Yale University. His doctoral specialization was in Immigration, Refugees and Asylum Law.

Career Dr Kagugube worked at the Uganda Revenue Authority, as Commissioner for Value Added Tax and while there, served temporarily as Deputy Commissioner General of the agency. At the time of his death, he was the chairman of the board at the tax agency.

In the early 2000s, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers Uganda as the Director of Tax and Legal Services, while simultaneously serving as the chairman of the board at Centenary Bank.

He was then transferred that afternoon to the Uganda Heart Institute, where he underwent an emergency coronary bypass operation that was deemed successful. A pacemaker was also inserted in his heart to control an irregular rhythm. He was buried at Mawagga Village, Mityana District, on 18 February 2020.

Family He married wife, Eva Kagugube on 9 April 1983 at Christ the King Catholic Church, in Kampala, Uganda.

Other considerations Kagugube was the president of the East African School of Taxation, a private institution based in Kampala.