LEFT-RIGHT: Former BoU Deputy Governor, Dr. Louis Kasekende, former Executive Director, Supervision, Mrs Justine Bagyenda and Governor, Prof Emmanuel Mutebile. Kasekende and Bagyenda were variously accused of negligence in the variously gone-wrong bank closures.
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2015: For much of 2015, interest rates rose sharply, opening the year at an average 21.69% and by February 2016, had reached a 4-year high of 25.22%. This was partly due to a Bank of Uganda spike in the Central Bank Rate which opened 2015 at 11% but closed 2015 at a 3-year high of 17%. This dragged on until March 2016. As night follows day, borrowers started defaulting across the industry.  C

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