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Islamic Banking: President Museveni Launches Uganda’s First Islamic Bank

Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has on Wednesday officially launched the country’s first-ever commercial bank that operates on the principles of Islamic banking, paving the way for a hybrid commercial banking system that combines both traditional banking products and Islamic banking ones.

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