Covid-19 Grabs Another City Tycoon

The founder of the first professional funeral service company/home in Uganda, Ms. Regina Mukiibi Mugongo has on Tuesday succumbed to COVID-19.

Mugongo who also been working as the managing director of Uganda Funeral Services, had her last breath on Tuesday at Entebbe International Airport as she was being evacuated out of country for further Covid-19 treatment, one of the company employees told NTV Uganda.

More details about her death and burial arrangements will be availed later, a relative said.

Recently, the Chairman of KACITA, Everest Kayondo succumbed to COVID-19.

Brief background of Late Mugongo

After working as an accountant with the now defunct Uganda Commercial Bank, Mugongo operated a tour and travel company which she left in order to start the funeral management business. In 1994, Mugongo jointly registered Uganda Funeral Services, a funeral service management company with her since deceased brother, Freddie Katamba Mukiibi.

As she ventured into the funeral management business, Mukiibi undertook professional training at the Salisbury College of Funeral Sciences and Embalming in London.

Credit to NTV