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Sheila Pacuto’s articles from ENS are most popular: in United States with readers working within the Retail & Leisure industries ENS are most popular: within Immigration, Consumer Protection and Criminal Law topic(s) Finance leasing is everywhere in Uganda. From heavy transport vehicles to agricultural machinery and solar energy systems, businesses rely on leasing structures to acquire assets without paying the full price upfront.
ENS are most popular: within Accounting and Audit, Cannabis & Hemp and Environment topic(s) in Africa Uganda is proposing significant changes to how it taxes cross-border debt. The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026 would introduce a new 5% withholding tax on certain interest payments that are currently exempt. Whether you are a borrower structuring foreign financing or a lender extending credit into Uganda, this could affect you.
South Africa, Uganda May 11 2021 The Ugandan Court of Appeal, (in Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya)/Diamond Trust Bank (Uganda) vs Ham Enterprises Civil Appeal No, 262 of 2020), has set aside a decision that declared loans made by Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya) to Ugandan businesses to be illegal on the grounds that the lender required and had not obtained a licence from the Bank of Uganda under the Financial Institutions Act 2004.
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