Welcome to the first issue of ENSafrica's Uganda in brief, focusing on the latest legal and regulatory updates across Uganda's corporate commercial and banking and finance industries.

Two East African courts examined nearly identical bank fraud cases involving stolen phones and self-registration, yet reached opposite conclusions about who bears the loss. The divergent rulings in Kenya and Uganda expose fundamental questions about what duty of care banks owe customers in the digital age, and whether authentication alone absolves institutions of responsibility for preventable system failures.

On 14 April 2020, the Bank of Uganda issued guidelines on credit relief and loan restructuring measures for Supervised Financial Institutions ("SFIs") during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Uganda's Protection of Sovereignty Act, 2026 has undergone substantial amendments following unprecedented public outcry, fundamentally transforming its scope from broad commercial regulation to targeted oversight of foreign political financing.

Uganda's Protection of Sovereignty Act imposes strict compliance obligations on banks and money remittance agencies when processing cross-border payments.

A recent judgment by the High Court of Uganda in Liberty Life Assurance v Joseryn Kyosimire and Pride Microfinance has sounded a warning to financial institutions that act in various...

On 7 October 2020, the High Court of Uganda issued a ruling (Decision) in M.A No. 64 of 2020; Ham Enterprises Uganda and Others v Diamond Trust Bank (U) Ltd and Diamond Trust Bank (K) Limited...

Uganda's Protection of Sovereignty Act, 2026 imposes strict reporting obligations on banks and money remittance agencies regarding foreign funding to "agents of foreigners."