EDITORIAL: Banks Are Our Last Line of Defence – Will They Stop Financing Uganda’s Environmental Collapse? As Kampala drowns in its own concrete, Uganda’s banks stand accused not just of negligence but of complicity. Their loans shape skylines—and sink wetlands. If financial institutions keep funding destruction under the guise of “green finance,” the next flood won’t just wash away homes; it will drown accountability itself.

When Uganda’s capital city floods, it is often framed as a natural disaster. The skies open up in fury, the drains overflow, and Kampala drowns under its own chaos. But the truth, stark and uncomfortable, is that our floods are man-made. They are not the wrath of the heavens; they are the consequence of greed, negligence, and broken governance. And at the centre of it all stand institutions we once believed were different, Uganda’s banks. As political will falters and environmental enforcement collapses under the weight of corruption and patronage, banks have become crucial. They are the last institutions still…