 Wakhweya akadzokera kumusha kwake kuti ave mumwe wevakuru vakuru vekutanga vemuUganda munaGunyana 5, 1960 panguva yehutongi hweBritain. Uganda payakawana kuzvitonga kubva kuUnited Kingdom, Wakhweya akazove Mutevedzeri wegurukota rezvemari muhurumende yaMilton Obote. Izvi zvakatanga kusimuka nekukurumidza kwebasa raWakhweya muUganda Treasury. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Under-Secretary to the Treasury musi wa 4 Mbudzi 1965, Deputy Governor Designate weBank of Uganda muna 1968, uye pakupedzisira akagadzwa seGurukota reTreasury musi wa 1 Ndira 1969. Pashure pokubudirira kwechiuto cha1971 muUgandaVaWakhweya vakagadzwa saGurukota rezvemari naVaIdi Amin muhutungamiri hutsva hwakanga hwaumbwa, uko VaWakhweya vakapiwa basa rekusimudzira hupfumi hweUganda, hwakanga hwave kudzikira nekukurumidza nekuda kwekushandisa mari zhinji kwehurumende, kutiza kwemari yekunze mushure mekupidigura, uye kushomeka kwekudyara kutsva kubva kunze kwenyika. 