{"id":39812,"date":"2022-11-04T11:28:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/president-museveni-commends-banks-for-contribution-to-economic-growth"},"modified":"2022-11-04T11:33:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:33:54","slug":"president-museveni-commends-banks-for-contribution-to-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/president-museveni-commends-banks-for-contribution-to-economic-growth","title":{"rendered":"President Museveni commends banks for contribution to economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>President Museveni has commended the banking and financial services sector for their contribution to the economy and their support of the National Development Plan. This was during a meeting with the uganda bankers Association at the state house Entebbe. The meeting discussed among other things, issues of the economy, the national development plan, Africa\u2019s purchasing power, and borrowing. 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