By Elias Biryabarema
KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda has named a new central bank governor and deputy governor, President Yoweri Museveni’s office said on Monday.
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.
(Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by George Obulutsa, Aidan Lewis and Mark Heinrich)
