KAMPALA — The Council of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) has elected CPA Constant Othieno Mayende and CPA Josephine Ossiya as the ICPAU President and Vice President respectively.
Mayende and Ossiya were elected during the ICPAU 226th meeting held on Monday, July 25, after the High Court ruling delivered by Justice Musa Sekaana on 23 July 2021.
The Court determined that the Elections Committee had successfully concluded the elections and declared members that were to constitute the new Council on 30 July 2020 during the 26th Annual General Meeting of the Institute, in accordance with the provisions of the Accountants Act, 2013, and therefore the new Council is lawfully sanctioned to transact the business of ICPAU.
CPA Mayende succeeds CPA Frederick Kibbedi, the 8th President of ICPAU, while CPA Ossiya takes the reins from CPA Ruth Doreen Mutebe Nseko.
ICPAU’s new Council members are:
1. CPA Constant Othieno Mayende (President) – Practitioner at CMK & Co. Certified Public Accountants
2. CPA Josephine Okui Okwakol Ossiya (Vice President) – Practitioner at Rona & Partners Certified Public Accountants and Chief Finance Officer at Bujagali Energy Ltd
3. CPA Assoc. Prof. Laura A. Orobia – Associate Professor heading the Department of Accounting & Finance (Academics) at Makerere University Business School (MUBS)
4. CPA Geoffrey Byamugisha – Practitioner at Ernst & Young Certified Public
Accountants
5. CPA Gloria Tuhaise Wakooba – Deputy Director, Procurement and Disposal Department at Bank of Uganda
6. CPA Ronald Mutumba – Practitioner at Mutumba Mukobe & Associates Certified Public Accountants
7. CPA Stephen Ineget – Practitioner at KPMG Certified Public Accountants
8. Mr. Stephen Ojiambo – Accountant General’s Representative
9. Mr. Edward Akol – Auditor General’s Representative
10. Ms. Sarah Tamale Namuli – Representative of Officer Responsible for Higher Education in the Ministry of Education and Sports
11. Eng. Jackson Mubangizi – Ministerial Appointee.
CPA Josephine Ossiya has been elected as the ICPAU Vice President (PHOTO /Courtesy).
“We welcome the new Council, President and Vice President and I call upon each one of us to diligently continue serving the accountancy profession of Uganda through their leadership,” CPA Derick Nkajja, the Chief Executive Officer of ICPAU said.
The ICPAU Council is composed of 11 members, 7 of whom are elected by full members of ICPAU, 3 ex-officio members and 1 member from a recognized professional body, appointed by the Minister for Finance. A minimum of 3 seats are reserved for women and 5 of 7 elected members must be practising accountants. The Council members, with the exception of the ex-officios, serve a two-year term renewal once.