A London Court of Appeal has ordered dfcu Bank, its holding company, dfcu Limited, as well as dfcu Bank’s former board chairman, Jimmy Mugerwa (now dfcu Limited Chairman), Juma Kisaame…
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Justice, Prof. Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza, of the Supreme Court has today dismissed Bank of Uganda’s attempts to hold on to Crane Bank Limited and ordered that the company be returned to…
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Five Justices of the Supreme Court have today unanimously delivered the last stroke that has broken the back of Bank of Uganda’s 5-year failed attempt to sue billionaire businessman, Dr…
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The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine, Bank of Uganda has sadly learnt, albeit too late. This is after pouring several billions of taxpayer money, down the…
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Just weeks after Bank of Uganda withdrew its UGX397 billion Supreme Court case against Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia and his Meera Investments Limited, today the Supreme Court handed the central bank,…
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Despite having chaired a meeting that resolved that Bank of Uganda should await a Supreme Court’s decision on the transition of Crane Bank Limited from receivership to liquidation, the Deputy…
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Prior to 2017 and for a long time, everyone knew Bank of Uganda Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile as a no-nonsense man. The tough-talking Mutebile, together with her iron-lady Executive…
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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…
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In 3 years alone, dfcu has earned in excess of UGX60 bn in profits from the Crane Bank deal. Add that to the UGX39 billion dfcu was aided to evade in interest on the deferred purchase price to the UGX37 billion profit dfcu stands to make, if BoU goes ahead to pay the UGX47 billion claim, dfcu Bank will have earned about UGX140 billion- that is all before they even complete the full UGX200bn purchase price for Crane Bank!
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Ruparelia Group Chairman, Dr Sudhir Ruparelia and Meera Investments Limited, one of his real estate companies, have applied to the Commercial Court, asking it to dismiss case HCCS 493 of…
