Louis Kasekende: Agricultural financing in Uganda

Remarks by Dr Louis Kasekende, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda, at the High-Level Meeting on Agricultural Financing in Uganda, Kampala, 30 August 2016.

The views expressed in this speech are those of the speaker and not the view of the BIS.

The Rt. Hon. Prime-Minister, Hon. Ministers (present and past), Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good morning! In my remarks, I wish to highlight the numerous policy interventions and schemes undertaken by the Government of Uganda since the 1960s particularly those that had the banking industry actively involved; identify what I think is the most optimal strategy for agricultural modernization, and third, is to reiterate what I envisage as the appropriate role for the state in agricultural financing.