The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has approved and appointed Dr. Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa as chairperson of The Micro- Finance Support Centre Limited.

Kisamba Mugerwa and his team replace five former board members whose terms of office expired on 18th January 2018.

The former board was headed by Justine Bagyenda, former Director of Banking and Supervision, Bank of Uganda.

The Micro-Finance Support Centre Limited (MSC Ltd) is a limited liability company owned by government and set up to among others manage the Rural Microfinance support project (RMSP).

RMSP is a country wide 5 year project funded by ADB and Government geared at the realization of Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) through the promotion of a countrywide access to affordable micro finance services.

Who is Kisamba Mugerwa?

He attended a number of schools in his childhood including Muyembe Tree Nursery in Bamunanika, Wampewo Junior Primary School, Mukono Bishops Senior Secondary School and Kololo High School where he sat his A-Level.

He joined Makerere College in 1968 to pursue a degree in agricultural economics.

After this, he went on to serve government in different capacities. In 1971, he served as principal agriculture officer East Mengo, western region and later elevated to principal agriculture economist. It was then that Mugerwa ventured into politics.

In 1980, he contested for Member of Parliament, on the Democratic Party ticket, to represent Luweero South East. The political atmosphere at the time was tense

While serving as Agriculture minister, Mugerwa decided to step down for an international job.

As a research fellow, Mugerwa also worked at the Institute of Social Research Makerere University.

Mugerwa retired from elective politics in 2004.

As State Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Mugerwa was in charge of rolling out a fund targeting Uganda’s population that could not get credit from commercial banks.

He is the executive chairperson, National Planning Authority and serves as the Chancellor Ndejje University.

Prior to that, he was the irector of IFPRI’s division in Addis Ababa since 2004. He was the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries for five years; he has also served Uganda as Minister of State, Minister of State for Finance and Economic Planning, and as Minister without Portfolio in the Prime Minister’s Office.

He has also served as a Member of Parliament and a senior research associate with the Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University in Kampala.