Birungyi Cephas Kagyenda is a founder and Managing Partner at Birungyi, Barata & Associates, Uganda’s pioneer specialist tax law firm.
He started his career in The Income Tax Department at the Ministry of Finance in 1984. The Income Tax department was absorbed into the Uganda Revenue Authority(URA) in 1991.He served in the URA from its inception up to 2003 when he retired as the Deputy Commissioner, Domestic Taxes to found Birungyi, Barata & Associates.
While at URA he represented Uganda in negotiations and drafting of Double taxation agreements for South Africa, India, Denmark, Mauritius and Norway. He was instrumental in drafting the Income Tax Act 1997 in Uganda and the Tax Appeals Tribunal Act.
He has previously served as the Chairperson of the Revenue & Tax Cluster of the Uganda Law Society (ULS) as well as the East African Law Society (EALS), and was a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) tax committee.
Cephas was globally ranked as the best Tax Lawyer in Uganda according to IFLR and Global Law Experts in 2023 and has offered his professional services to East Africa Community, World bank, International Finance Corporation, the Malawi, Liberia, Nigeria (Bauchi State) Governments among others.
Cephas leads the team at Birungyi Barata & Associates that has influenced and changed the Uganda tax landscape and redefined tax law & administration, setting precedents on legal issues
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