MUMTAZ KASSAM

Her inspirational journey from Ugandan refugee in the UK, to Deputy High Commissioner for Uganda at the Court of St. James makes Mumtaz Kassam an undeniable ambassador for the integration of Asian communities in sub-Saharan African countries.

Having arrived in England in 1972 after the expulsion of Asians from Uganda under Idi Amin’s rule, Kassam worked her way to becoming a successful lawyer in the UK before returning to the home she’d once been so cruelly rejected from, and becoming an instrumental force behind the repossession exercise as Asians began filtering back to Uganda.

With diplomacy and professionalism, and a deep understanding of the difficulties facing the Asian community in Uganda, Kassam drew on her experience as a refugee, her background in law, and her close working relationship with the Ugandan and British government to begin encouraging investors to improve the quality of life for those living in Uganda.

She is a well-known and highly-respected figure among both Ugandan and British government, and widely regarded as the finger on the pulse of Uganda.

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