[2] She was born in Rukungiri District, Western Region of Uganda, in 1961 to Hezron and Catherine Kakuyo.
She also holds a Master of Public Administration obtained from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
In 1992, she joined the URA as a senior principal revenue officer, serving in that capacity until 1998.
[9] 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.
[5][11] 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.