She studied at Makerere University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work and Economics.

She was then admitted to the East African Civil Aviation Academy, graduating with a Commercial Pilot Licence, after three years of instruction.

[4] Karungi was scheduled to travel to the United States later in 2020, to train as a helicopter flight instructor.

[4][8] She was the most experienced female helicopter pilot in the UPDF Air Force at the time of her death.

[9] On the morning of 28 January 2020, a UPDF Air Force Bell Jetranger helicopter registration number AF-302, en-route from Kalama Armoured Warfare Training School to Entebbe Air Force Base carrying Major Karungi and Lieutenant Benon Wakalo, a cadet pilot, crashed into Ndese Hill, near Bulo, in Butambala District, during a tropical thunderstorm.