The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury at the Minister of Finance ,Planning and Economic Development, Mr. Ramathan Ggoobi has paid glowing tribute to the fallen bank of Uganda Governor , Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile calling him \u201cone of the grandfathers of Uganda\u2019s modern economy \u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uganda\u2019s banking giant and the longest serving Bank of Uganda Governor Prof Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile died today morning at the Aghakhan Hospital in Nairobi Kenya after a long illness. He has been on life support and in and out of hospital . He was 72.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A celebrated Ugandan economist and banker and a Makerere University alumni Mutebile a long term confidant of Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni was appointed Central Bank Governor on 1 January 2001 and he has served at the helm for a record 21 years . <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ggoobi said , \u201c I\u2019m saddened to learn the passing of Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile -one of the grandfathers of Uganda\u2019s modern economy. We are better off today because of the reforms he spearheaded and the service he rendered . My sincere sympathies to his family and bank of Uganda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The PS\/ST also forwarded a message fromMr. Keith Muhakanizi , the Permanent secretary Office of the Prime Minister and the immediate former PS\/ST who served under Mutebile. \u201cRest in Eternal Peace Governor Professor E.Mutebile. You were my mentor and I thank you. You were a great professional, genius, reformist and above all a great manager.\u201d Muhakanizi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A nonsense negotiator Prof. Mutebile is largely credited for Uganda\u2019s financial stability, a robust banking sector and sound economic policies -having successfully managed numerous financial reforms adopted by the Uganda government at the urging of the central bank during the 1990s and the first decade of President Museveni\u2019s rule .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A seasoned professional economist and reformer, he spearheaded the design and implementation of the Economic Reform Program that restored Uganda from the economic crises of the 1970s and 1980s to sound economic performance during his service as the Permanent Secretary\/Secretary to the Treasury in the ministry responsible for finance, planning, and economic development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury at the Minister of Finance ,Planning and Economic Development, Mr. Ramathan Ggoobi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tribute"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BoU-Governor-Prof.-Emmanuel-Tumusiime-Mutebile.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4976,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/the-life-and-times-of-governor-prof-emmanuel-tumusiime-mutebile\/","url_meta":{"origin":4987,"position":0},"title":"THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GOVERNOR PROF EMMANUEL TUMUSIIME MUTEBILE","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Senior Writer Uganda\u2019s banking giant and the longest serving Bank of Uganda Governor Prof \u00a0Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile died today morning at the Aghakhan Hospital in Nairobi Kenya after a long illness. 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