Foreign banks do not require central bank authorisation to lend to Ugandan entities; Bank of Uganda clarifies on controversial court ruling

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Professor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, the Governor, Bank of Uganda has unequivocally said that foreign financial institutions that do not use locally-raised deposits to lend to Ugandan entities do not require the authorisation of the central bank to be able to lend locally. Although he did not directly refer to the ongoing Hamis Kiggundu vs. DTB Uganda and DTB Kenya, the Governor, was obviousl