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L. Kasekende, Michael Atingi-Ego (2003)
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Up to the early 1990s, Uganda’s financial structure was characterised by government controls and instability, leading to financial repression and lack of development in the sector. The sector was, as a consequence, dominated by commercial banks, which are mainly concentrated in urban areas. Financial intermediation was restricted to the mobilisation of short‐term savings and advancing credit to low‐risk businesses with quick returns. In 1993, The Bank of Uganda Statute and The Financial Institutions Statute were passed by Parliament, requiring, among other things, commercial banks operating in Uganda to have a minimum paid up capital of Uganda shillings (Ushs) 500,000 (for the locally‐owned banks) and Ushs 1bn (for the foreign‐owned banks). The new capital requirements were made effective from the end of December, 1996. Between 1998 and 1999, however, four commercial banks (three of them locally owned), were closed because of insolvency originating from a number of causes. It is not clear whether the new capital requirements played a part in setting off or precipitating the crisis. The results of this study show that whereas there was impressive improvement for the banking system as a whole, it seems that these new guidelines had a different impact on foreignowned and locally‐owned commercial banks. Performance of the foreign banks remained quite steady or even rapidly improved while the local banks suffered massive declines in their profitability and accumulated more non‐performing loans.
Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance – Emerald Publishing
Published: Sep 1, 2002
Keywords: Banking crisis; Uganda; Financial repression; Uganda shillings
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