DTB Bank Kenya

By Phillip Karugaba & Rehema Nakirya Ssemyalo The Supreme Court of Uganda gave its judgment last week in the much-anticipated appeal in Ham Enterprises Ltd, Kiggs International (U) Ltd and Hamis Kiggundu vs. Diamond Trust Bank (U) Ltd and Diamond Trust Bank (K) Ltd (Civil Appeal No. 13 of 2021). The court held that a lending transaction between a foreign bank and a Ugandan borrower does not constitute “transacting financial institutions business” as defined by the Financial Institutions Act 2004 (“FIA”).  This finally clarifies that a foreign lender does not require a licence from the Bank of Uganda (“BoU”) under…