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Uganda Bankers’ Association

Once a vital drainage artery of Kampala, the Nakivubo Channel has become a tragic symbol of urban neglect. Buildings encroach, wetlands vanish, and rainstorms now trigger deadly floods. The city’s clogged lifeline floods again, reminding us that infrastructure failure and environmental collapse walk hand-in-hand.
Once a vital drainage artery of Kampala, the Nakivubo Channel has become a tragic symbol of urban neglect. Buildings encroach, wetlands vanish, and rainstorms now trigger deadly floods. The city’s clogged lifeline floods again, reminding us that infrastructure failure and environmental collapse walk hand-in-hand.

EDITORIAL: Banks Are Our Last Line of Defence – Will They Stop Financing Uganda’s Environmental Collapse?

When Uganda’s capital city floods, it is often framed as a natural disaster. The skies open up in fury, the drains overflow, and Kampala drowns under its own chaos. But the truth,
November 13, 2025
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(Left-Right), the new UBA Executive Committee, Sarah Arapta, CEO, Citibank Uganda (Chairperson); Julius Kakeeto, the CEO, of Post Bank Uganda, (Vice-Chairman); Shem Kakembo, the CEO, of EFC Uganda (Treasurer); Raj Kumar Meena, CEO, of Bank of Baroda (Auditor); Olalekan Sanusi, CEO, of Guaranty Trust Bank and James Onyutta, CEO, of FINCA (U), (Committee Members).

PROFILES: Who is who on the new Uganda Bankers’ Association Executive Committee?

Arapta takes over from Mathias Katamba, the Managing Director of dfcu Bank, whose two-year term (2020 and 2021) has elapsed. Arapta has been Katamba’s deputy on the outgoing committee which also included
May 17, 2022
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Mathias Katamba the outgoing UBA Chairman (2nd right), hands over the UBA 2021 Annual Report to the incoming Chairperson, Sarah Arapta (right).

Mathias Katamba’s term as Bankers’ Association Chairman ends on a high as Citibank’s Arapta elected the new chairperson

Members of the Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA) held their Annual General Meeting on the 13th of May 2022 and elected Sarah Arapta, as the new Chairperson of the association’s Executive Committee. Arapta,
May 17, 2022
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