During the 2011 national election cycle, he lost the Kabale Municipality parliamentary seat to Andrew Baryayanga.
He then served as Senior Accountant at Woods Industries Corporation Limited, another private company, from 1978 until 1980.
In 1989, he was appointed Chief Accountant at National Housing and Construction Corporation, serving in that capacity for twelve years until 2001.
In 2001, at the age of 49, he entered politics, contesting for the parliamentary seat of Kabale Municipality.
[2] During his five-year tenure as State Minister for Tourism, he came under criticism on two counts: Serapio Rukundo is married.