Allen Kagina

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| birth_place = Rukungiri District, Uganda

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| alma_mater = Makerere University
(Bachelor of Science in psychology)
University of Liverpool
(Master of Public Administration)

| occupation = Business administrator

| years_active = 1985–present

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| spouse = Paul Kagina

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Allen Catherine Kagina is a Ugandan administrator and corporate executive. She was the executive director of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). She was appointed to that position on 27 April 2015 and was made redundant on 23rd December 2024.{{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Allen-Kagina-appointed-UNRA-Executive-Director/-/688334/2698930/-/wd7k8qz/-/index.html |title=Allen Kagina To Head UNRA |work=Daily Monitor |date=27 April 2015 | author=Nelson Bwire |access-date=27 April 2015 |location=Kampala, Uganda}} Before that, from 2004 until 2014, she served as the Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA).{{cite web |title=More Changes In URA |newspaper=New Vision|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1168429/changes-ura |date=24 March 2007 |access-date=20 October 2016 |first=Peter |last=Kaujju |location=Kampala |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528062818/https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1168429/changes-ura |url-status=dead }}

Background and education

Kagina was born in Rukungiri District, Western Region of Uganda, in 1961 to Hezron and Catherine Kakuyo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpower.ug/hezron-kakuyo-father-to-unras-allen-kagina-dies-at-93/|title=Hezron Kakuyo, Father to UNRA's Allen Kagina Dies at 93|date=2019-02-28|website=Online news from Uganda and the East African region - SoftPower News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-30}}{{cite web| url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11566:despite-its-rich-profile-rukungiri-wallows-in-poverty |title=Despite Its Rich Profile, Rukungiri Wallows In Poverty | date=2 January 2011 | work=The Observer (Uganda) |author=Shifa Mwesigye | access-date=8 June 2014 |location=Kampala, Uganda}} She studied at Gayaza High School, a prestigious, private, boarding, all-girl middle and high school. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology obtained from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. She also holds a Master of Public Administration obtained from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|work=Daily Monitor|date=29 June 2010|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/-/688616/948138/-/iyfnysz/-/index.html |title=Allen The Tax Collector And Mother |author=Dorothy Nakaweesi |access-date=13 May 2014 | location=Kampala, Uganda}} She received a Master of Arts in Organisational Leadership and Management on 30 October 2015 from Uganda Christian University, in Mukono, Uganda.{{cite web|work=Campusbee.ug | url=https://campusbee.ug/news/top-10-prominent-ucu-alumnus/ | title=Top prominent UCU alumni……number five will shock you! |date=2016 |author=Campusbee Uganda |access-date=14 July 2022 | location=Kampala, Uganda}}

Work experience

Kagina started her career in 1985 as a teaching assistant at Makerere University. She later moved to the Office of the President. In 1992, she joined the URA as a senior principal revenue officer, serving in that capacity until 1998. In 2000, she was promoted to the rank of deputy commissioner for customs at URA, serving in that capacity until 2001. She was appointed commissioner general of URA in 2004.{{cite web | title=Kagina Set to Stay at Helm of Revenue Body | newspaper=New Vision | date=15 July 2010 | first=and Mark Owor | last=David Mugabe | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1286450/kagina-set-stay-helm-revenue-body | access-date=20 October 2016 | location=Kampala | archive-date=28 May 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528062818/https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1286450/kagina-set-stay-helm-revenue-body | url-status=dead }} She is credited with improving the URA's financial performance. She was awarded the Corporate Leadership Award in February 2006, by Destiny Consult, an industry group, for turning around the performance of the tax body since her appointment to head the organization in 2004.{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1154865/kagina-leadership-award | newspaper=New Vision | date=8 February 2006 | location=Kampala | first=Emmy | last=Olaki | access-date=20 October 2016 | title=Kagina gets leadership award | archive-date=28 May 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528062814/https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1154865/kagina-leadership-award | url-status=dead }} In October 2010, her contract was renewed for another three years. Her monthly salary was reported to be UGX: 28 million (approximately US$11,250).{{cite web |first=Yasiin |date=15 May 2015 |url=http://mobile.monitor.co.ug/News/Highest-paid-government-officials-named/2466686-2716862-format-xhtml-fwucinz/index.html |last=Mugerwa |title=Highest paid government officials named |access-date=20 October 2016 |newspaper=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528062809/https://mobile.monitor.co.ug/News/Highest-paid-government-officials-named/2466686-2716862-format-xhtml-fwucinz/index.html |url-status=dead }} On 27 April 2015, John Byabagambi, the Ugandan Minister of Works and Transport at that time, appointed her as the executive director of the UNRA, effective 1 May 2015.{{cite web|access-date=20 October 2016| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Allen-Kagina-to-head-UNRA/688334-2698930-di5yaq/index.html | date=27 April 2015 |title=Allen Kagina to head UNRA |first=Nelson |last=Bwire |newspaper=Daily Monitor| location=Kampala}}

Personal details

Allen Kagina is married to Paul Kagina. Together, they are the parents of three children, Dan, Michelle and Mark. She is a born-again Christian.{{cite web| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1313159/makes-allen-kagina-tick |date=25 October 2014 |title=What Makes Allen Kagina Tick |access-date=20 October 2016 |newspaper=New Vision |author=Samuel Sanya |location=Kampala}} She is also the sister of Lorna Magara, Jocelyn Kyobutungi Rugunda (wife to Uganda's former Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda) as well as Caleb Kakuyo (former Chief Commercial Officer at National Housing and Construction Corporation) among others.{{cite web|url=https://www.freewebhostinguganda.com/ugandapressreview/kakuyo-the-fallen-hero-who-left-an-indelible-legacy/ |title=Kakuyo the fallen hero who left an indelible legacy |publisher=Uganda Press Review® |date=22 February 2019 |access-date=3 November 2019}}