Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans could see the value of their assets in the real estate industry, including land and houses decline as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disruption, Bank of Uganda has warned. This decline, the central bank says could be in double-digits meaning it could go …
Read More »Govt revises proposal to acquire loans for COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has revised its proposal to borrow money to mitigate the effects of coronavirus by up to 1.3 trillion shillings. On April 2, the government presented a motion to borrow up to 1.7 trillion shillings to cushion the economy from the effects of COVID-19. …
Read More »Ease capital requirements for banks
Why government must support the banking sector to keep credit flowing to stimulate economic growth COMMENT | SIMON MUTUNGI | Following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, many banks collapsed worldwide while others had to plow through public funds in the form of government bailouts in order to survive. To …
Read More »COMMENT: Bank of Uganda will kill the Ugandan economy, after Coronavirus
COMMENT | RICHARD OMONGOLE | Uganda’s post-Coronavirus economic failings are going to come from the IMF/World Bank supervised theoretical economists at Bank of Uganda. You borrow $491.5 million, then a mere $151m goes to budget support and Uganda Development Bank (UDB). A whole $340m is retained by Bank of Uganda …
Read More »Postbank responds to bank of Uganda’s move on loans
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | In a bid to give some relief to its clients, PostBank has announced that it will reschedule loan repayments for customers whose lives and businesses have been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, it announced a few days ago. This move comes as Bank of Uganda (BoU) continues …
Read More »Museveni advises banks to relax loan repayments
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a way of emphasis on bank loans, President Yoweri Museveni has said banks must not count days when people have not been working to service active loans. Millions of Ugandans in both the formal and informal sectors are currently not working as a result …
Read More »Musinguzi new URA boss, Atingo-Ego BOU deputy governor
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has appointed John Musinguzi Rujoki as new Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner General and named Dr Michael Atingo-Ego Bank of Uganda deputy governor. Musinguzi has been presidential advisor on ICT and investment and board chairman of the National Information Technology Authority (NITA). He will replace …
Read More »BOU gives banks green light to change operating hours
Bank of Uganda okays change in bank operating hours, closure on weekends Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The central bank (BOU) has agreed to a request by the Uganda Bankers Association for a change in operating hours to cope with the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. “On account of …
Read More »BoU predicts strong economy in three years
But government needs to focus beyond fighting locusts and coronavirus Kampala,Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s economy is expected to remain strong supported by an accommodative monetary policy and the resultant growth in the private sector credit, latest data from Bank of Uganda shows. The data contained in the February …
Read More »Uganda improves in the Absa index
But it must promote exports, manage debt and collect more tax Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The 2019 Absa Africa Financial Market Index Report for Uganda released on Jan.28 in Kampala has some good news. The index, which evaluates financial market development in 20 countries, shows that Uganda remains …
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