EXCLUSIVE: Despite receiving UGX578 bn from the gov’t Dei BioPharma’s Magoola refuses to pay Equity Bank and instead sues the bank

Despite having received UGX578.4 billion (USD million) in capitalisation from the government of Uganda, part of which was to be used to settle his indebtedness with Equity Bank, controversial pharma-entrepreneur, Matthias Magoola is yet to repay Equity Bank and Equity Bank Kenya. In a surprising plot twist, he has instead turned around to sue the two banks for a raft of accusations, top of which is a claim that the two banks, irregularly and unlawfully debited and or inflated the loans by UGX 47,652,951,120/= from the accounts of his two firms⏤ Dei Industries International Ltd And Dei Biopharma Ltd (formerly…

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Muhereza Kyamutetera is the Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine. I am a travel enthusiast and the Experiences & Destinations Marketing Manager at EDXTravel. Extremely Ugandaholic. Ask me about #1000Reasons2ExploreUganda and how to Take Your Place In The African Sun.