Dhugira alongside Winnie Byanyima and others was one of the founders of Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE).
[1] She proceeded to Kitgum High School, Dr. Obote College, and Boroboro in Lira, where she finished her O-level studies in 1983.
[1] In 1998, Dhugira was a teacher at Erusi Senior Secondary School in Nebbi and thereafter she joined the National Resistance Council (NRC) in 1989.
She contested again in the 2001 general elections and was the Woman Representative for Nebbi in Uganda's 7th Parliament till her death the same year.
[5][6] On 18 August 2001, Dhugira died at Mulago Hospital, where she had been admitted for three weeks with chronic ulcers.