Simon Kagugube

At the time of his death in February 2020, Kagugube was an Executive Director at Centenary Bank, a commercial bank in Uganda and was a member of the bank's board of directors.

Kagugube visited Victoria Clinic on Lumumba Avenue, in Kampala, but collapsed on arrival, on 1 February 2020. He was transferred to nearby Nakasero Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a blocked coronary artery (heart attack).

While at Nakasero, he developed complications, including uncontrolled blood sugar (he was a diabetic), low blood pressure and kidney failure, requiring dialysis. Kagugube died on the afternoon of 15 February 2020, at Nakasero Hospital, in Kampala, where he had been admitted days before. He was buried at Mawagga Village, Mityana District, on 18 February 2020.

His other academic qualifications included a Certificate in Public Finance from University of Bath and a certificate in the Commonwealth Tax Inspectors’ course.

He was appointed to the Board of Nation Media Group, as an independent non-executive director in September 2011. He concurrently served as the Chairman of the Board of Monitor Publications Limited in Uganda, a Nation Media Group subsidiary.

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.

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 was born in Uganda circa 1955 and attended local elementary and secondary schools and went to the prestigious 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.