No change in central bank rate at 9%

Mutebile said there has been growth in all major sectors. Agriculture grew by 6.1% in 2017 from a decline of -0.4% in 2016, the service sector grew by 8.1% from 4.5pc while industry registered a slight growth from 4.2% in 2017 to 4.4% in 2018 The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has left the rate generally used as the benchmark for commercial banks to set their own Prime Lending Rates (PLR) at 9%. The pr