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The first Ugandan shilling (UGS) replaced the East African shilling in 1966 at par. Following high inflation, a new shilling (UGX) was introduced in 1987 worth 100 old shillings. The shilling is usually a stable currency and predominates in most financial transactions in Uganda, which has a very efficient foreign exchange market with
USD Cent: 100 Tuvalu: Tuvaluan dollar $ (none) Cent: 100 Australian dollar $ AUD Cent: 100 Uganda: Ugandan shilling: Sh or Shs (pl.) UGX (none) (none) Ukraine: Ukrainian hryvnia ₴ UAH Kopeck: 100 United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates dirham: Dh or Dhs (pl.) AED Fils: 100 United Kingdom: Sterling £ GBP Penny: 100 United States: United ...
In 1921, notes were issued by the East African Currency Board in denominations of 5/-, 10/-, 20/-, 100/-, 200/-, 1,000/- and 10,000/-, with the notes of 20 shillings and above having their denominations expressed also in pounds (£1, £5, £10, £50 and £500). In 1943, 1/- notes were issued, the only occasion that such notes were produced ...
There are a number of newspapers in Uganda today. New Vision is Uganda's leading English daily newspaper. It is a state-owned newspaper and has the largest nationwide circulation. The Daily Monitor is an independent English-language newspaper and second in circulation to the New Vision. The two papers dominate the print section of media in Uganda.
Nancy Kacungira (born 1986) [1] is a Ugandan presenter and reporter at BBC News. [2] She presented Focus on Africa from 2017 to January 2019 and World Business Report on BBC World News.
A 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be charged with "aggravated homosexuality", an offence punishable by death under the country's recently enacted anti-gay law, prosecutors and his ...
Police arrested 14 Ugandan opposition officials and supporters on Monday as they marched through their capital towards the Kenyan embassy to protest against Nairobi's decision to detain and deport ...
Tamale Mirundi was born to Namatovu Molly and Yowana Mirundi from Matale-Kalagala Village, Kyotera District previously Rakai District as their ninth child. [22] He is said to have moved to Kampala in 1979 to pursue secondary education and initiated his career in journalism at Munno newspaper during his time in the third year of senior school. [23]