The government of Uganda in Q4 of FY2022/23 borrowed €500 million (UGX2 trillion) from Stanbic Bank Uganda and its parent, Standard Bank South Africa, to plug holes in its budget, CEO East Africa Magazine can exclusively reveal. The Ministry of Finance, in a mailed response to inquiries from this magazine, confirmed to this publication that the money was “to finance the government budget for the FY 2022/23”. CEO East Africa Magazine understands that the money would among others be used to finance interventions in the agriculture sector, mainly irrigation, post-harvest storage and marketing programmes, as well as deepening market access…
EXCLUSIVE: Gov’t of Uganda borrowed €500 million from Stanbic Bank to fix FY2022/23 budget holes

Uganda’s Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) Hon. Matia Kasaija and Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi, are under pressure to tame public debt while increasing the efficiency of government spending.



