ROGUE REGULATOR? A timeline of how BoU asset-stripped, took over and illegally sold Crane Bank but is now being choked by the long arm of the law

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 due to a Bank of Uganda spike in the Central Bank Rate which opened 2015 at 11% but closed 2015 at a 3-year high of 17%. This dragged on until March 2016. As night follows day, borrowers started defaulting across the industry.  C