Mugisha was hired by
WBS Television, (now defunct) in 2003, as a
sports reporter, straight out of university. For a period of time, before 2011, he worked, on secondment, at the Kenya-based sister television station NTV Kenya. Starting out as a
news anchor in 2006, he rose to the position of "Head of News Production", at the time of his departure in October 2018. He was then hired by Uganda Broadcasting Corporation as the deputy managing director. ==Family==