Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya

Patience Emily Tumusiime Rubagumya, (née Patience Tumusiime), is a Ugandan lawyer, corporate executive and taxation expert, who serves as the Commissioner for Legal Services and Board Affairs at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), Uganda's revenue collection agency.[1] She was appointed to that position on 1 February 2015, replacing Doris Akol, who was appointed Commissioner General of the URA. Rubagumya also doubles as the Company Secretary at the tax agency.[2]

Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya
Born (1978-01-01) 1 January 1978
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
EducationMakerere University
(Bachelor of Laws)
Law Development Centre
(Diploma in Legal Practice)
Robert Gordon University
(Master of Laws in Oil and Gas)
Uganda Revenue Authority Training School
(Postgraduate Diploma in Taxation and Revenue Administration)
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
(Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators)
Known forLegal matters
TitleCommissioner for Legal Services and Board Affairs at Uganda Revenue Authority

Background and education

She was born in Uganda and attended local elementary and secondary schools. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, awarded by Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. She then obtained a Diploma in Legal practice, from the Law Development Centre. She was then admitted to the Uganda Bar, as a practicing attorney.[2]

Her degree of Master of Laws in Oil and Gas, was obtained from Robert Gordon University, in Scotland. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Taxation and Revenue Administration, awarded by the Uganda Revenue Authority Training School, in Kampala. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of England.[2]

Career

Ms Rubagumya has spent nearly 20 years at the Uganda Revenue Authority, having taken up employment there in 2001. She rose through the ranks at the agency and was the Assistant Commissioner Board Affairs, Policy and Rulings at URA, prior to her current assignment. She was judged to be the best applicant in a field of four candidates who interviewed for the position.[2]

In August 2017, at her current position, she was involved in the closure of three branches of Kenya-based Nakumatt Supermarkets, due to tax arrears amounting to "at least USh300 million (US$86,000), excluding accumulated interest for the past five years". That action effectively kicked Nakumatt out of Uganda.[3]

Other considerations

In her position as "Commissioner for Legal Services and Board Affairs", she a member of "Senior Management" at URA.[4] In her position as Company Secretary, she is a member of the board of directors of the tax agency.[5]

See also

Succession table
Preceded by
Doris Akol		 Commissioner for Legal Services and Board Affairs at Uganda Revenue Authority
4 February 2015 - present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

References
  1. Ismail Musa Ladu (4 February 2015). "Ms Rubagumya has worked for the Authority for 14 years". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. Daily Monitor (4 February 2015). "Ms Rubagumya has worked for the Authority for 14 years". Kampala: Ugandanewsreleases.com Quoting Daily Monitor. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  3. Abdallah, Halima (21 August 2017). "URA shuts Nakumatt's three stores over taxes". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. Uganda Revenue Authority (6 February 2019). "URA Senior Management Members" (PDF). Kampala: Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. Uganda Revenue Authority (6 February 2019). "Uganda Revenue Authority Board Members" (JPG). Kampala: Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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