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  Shilling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Before decimalisation in 1971, a shilling had a value of 12d (old pence), and was equal to 1/20th of a pound: there were 240 (old) pence to the pound.
Shillings were also issued in New Zealand before decimalisation in the 1960s, in Austria (Schilling) until the advent of the euro, in the Scandinavian countries (skilding) until the Scandinavian Monetary Union of 1873, and in the City of Hamburg.
Shillings were also used in Malta, prior to decimalization in 1972, and had a face value of five Maltese cents.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shilling   (786 words)

  
 Ugandan shilling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ugandan shilling replaced the East African shilling in 1966 at par.
The shilling is now a stable currency and predominates in most financial transactions in Uganda, which has a very efficient foreign exchange market with low spreads.
The 1000 shilling note depicts a farmer on one side and grain storage on the reverse.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ugandan_shilling   (249 words)

  
 Bankintroductions.com - UGANDA
Historical exchange valuations for the Ugandan shilling are as follows: year 2003 at 1963.7 UGX to the USD, 2002 at 1797, 2001 at 1755, year 2000 at 1644, 1999 at 1455, year 1998 at 1240, 1997 at 1083, year 1996 at 1046, 1995 at 969, 1994 at 980 and year 1993 at 1195.
Caution remains for the Ugandan shilling as political conflicts remain such as war with domesitic insurgent rebel groups.
The Ugandan shilling warrants a moderate currency risk ranking due to many variables as mentioned although there are many good things happening to the country with a new spirit of entrepreneurialism taking hold.
www.bankintroductions.com /uganda.html   (2026 words)

  
 Business News | Kenyan, Ugandan shillings in steady trading against dollar
Dealers said their sentiment was for a stronger shilling as most players in the market were long on dollars amid low demand for the US currency.
The shilling is expected to trade in the 1,175.00-1,180.00 range in coming days, with a bias for a stronger local unit.
The Ugandan shilling was fairly stable against the dollar as light corporate demand balanced with end-month inflows in thin market trading, dealers said.
www.eastandard.net /hm_news/news.php?articleid=35832   (603 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On balance, the Ugandan private sector still does not trust Government, illustrated by the fact that Uganda is the country with the largest 10 number of MIGA applications from domestic investors and that, according to a recent survey policy uncertainty is one of the major constraints to future operations.
Ugandan SMEs have seldom been able to access the line of credit due to the poor quality of their project proposals and inadequate capitalization.
The project focuses on the competitiveness of the Ugandan private sector, that needs to be improved for a sufficient supply response to materialize and for the long term sustainability of ongoing reforms.
www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/1995/11/06/000009265_3961019144720/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt   (16921 words)

  
 The EastAfrican
Uganda's trade deficit is expected to reach $1.1 billion by the end of the year, leading to a further depreciation of the Uganda shilling and a slowdown in economic growth.
Since 1997, the Ugandan shilling has depreciated from Ush1,020 to the dollar to its current mean rate of Ush1,375.
The shilling's depreciation has partly been attributed to the withholding of dollars by investors concerned about the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its impact on the Ugandan economy.
www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/040399/Regional/Regional23.html   (343 words)

  
 Business News | Kenya, Tanzania shillings steady   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Kenyan and Tanzanian shillings were little changed against the dollar in the week to Wednesday, while the Ugandan currency gained, dealers said.
The Ugandan shilling gained strength versus the greenback in the week to Wednesday as improved inflows of the US currency exceeded subdued corporate demand, traders said.
Dealers said the Ugandan shilling gained strength this week on the back of larger inflows, and in the absence of any market-moving news, they said they expected it to remain at its current levels in the days ahead.
www.eastandard.net /hm_news/news.php?articleid=31187   (423 words)

  
 Welcome to Uganda Today - Travel & Tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The unit of currency in Uganda is the Ugandan Shilling (Ush).
Ugandans for the most part are very helpful and friendly.
Ugandan visas are issued at our Missions/Embassies abroad and also at the Entry/Exit Points e.g.
www.ugandatoday.com /faq2.html   (2521 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Uganda - Currency and Inflation | Ugandan Information Resource
Between 1981 and 1988, the government repeatedly devalued the Ugandan shilling in order to stabilize the economy.
In May 1987, the government introduced a new shilling, worth 100 old shillings, along with an effective 76 percent devaluation.
Ugandans complained that inflation quickly eroded the new currency's value.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/uganda/uganda104.html   (605 words)

  
 Uganda - Nuts and Bolts - DangerFinder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
About two-thirds of the Ugandan people are Christians, while Islam makes up about 16 percent of the population.
The Ugandan currency is the Ugandan shilling (UGs1,000 = US$1).
Ugandans drive on the left-hand side of the road.
www.comebackalive.com /df/dplaces/uganda/nutnbolt.htm   (171 words)

  
 General Travel Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ugandan visas are required by citizens of the European Union, the USA and Japan; other nationals should check.
In the UK the Ugandan Embassy is located at Uganda House, 58-59 Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DX.
We are sure you will find that what Ugandans lack in inexperience, they make up for many times in helpfulness, kindliness and concern for your well-being.
www.shoebillsafaris.com /general.htm   (630 words)

  
 Uganda - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A counter attack was ordered, but it took months to mobilise the army and so it was not until later in the year the two armies met.
The Tanzanian army comprised of illiterate youths from the bush and exiled Ugandan liberation groups.
The Ugandan troops threw down their weapons and fled, and so the Tanzanians proceeded to push into the heart of Uganda.
www.africanet.com /africanet/country/uganda   (1425 words)

  
 Uganda - Wikitravel
Entebbe is built around the shores of Lake Victoria and is primarily active as the location of the airport, although the Ugandan Government House is set to move back here in the future.
Queen Elizabeth National Park has several parts to it, but the main section between Lake Edward and Lake George is a more concentrated version of East African parks as far as animals are concerned, although with less splendid vistas unless the mist-shrouded Ruwenzori Mountains are visible.
The Ugandan Kob is an endemic antelope (and is on the coat of arms along with the crested crane, including on currency).
wikitravel.org /en/Uganda   (3341 words)

  
 Uganda and Foreign Aid - Worldpress.org
A few years ago the shilling traded at 2000 against the dollar, but now it is hovering at about 1780, he says.
So the Ugandan government has raised interest rates on treasury bills that it issues to third parties to decrease this demand, or ease inflation.
Yet one of the problems, he says, is that Ugandans fail to take an active part in promoting tourism and travel.
www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=2194&dont=yes   (1496 words)

  
 Amnesty International USA: AIKids
Most of the “night-commuter” children, as they are known, travel without the protection of adult family members; the human rights of these Ugandan children are violated on a daily basis.
Let her know that you are worried about the thousands of children who are at risk of kidnap and enslavement in Uganda every night.
Thank the Ambassador for reading your letter and ask her to let you know in detail what she plans to do to protect Ugandan children from the Lord’s Resistance Army, and from forcible recruitment as child soldiers into the Ugandan Army.
www.amnestyusa.org /aikids/ceua   (608 words)

  
 Bamburi Cement : news
The cement-maker’s management blamed the relatively low take on a poor operating environment in Kenya on the back of unreliable supply of increasingly dearer electricity and a 10 percent depreciation in the value of the Ugandan shilling.
Bamburi, whose domination of the local market is exemplified by a substantial, albeit minority stake in peer Athi River Mining, held about 58 percent of the cement market last year.
The firm’s management predicates its post-June bullishness on a better operating environment, stabilizing of the Ugandan shilling and a much-hoped for boom in the Kenyan construction industry following talk by government officials of a roads construction and housing programme.
www.bamburicement.com /archive7_7_6.asp   (290 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In this first part, I am going to share with you a little about the "bride price." Many of the marriages here are arranged by the parents and other prominent family members.
One Ugandan man told me that once a suitable woman is chosen, the man's parents will go to the woman's parents' home and ask to borrow a cooking stone.
The man whose introduction the list is for is a worker for one of the missionaries in Kampala (the capital of Uganda.) I am including the Ugandan shilling amount and the approximate dollar amount.
web2.airmail.net /midtown1/messages/jgiddings5.txt   (574 words)

  
 Archives
The depreciation of the Ugandan shilling against the US dollar (dropping from US$1 = 900 shillings a few months ago to 1,200 shillings today) had brought the Uganda Posts and Telecommunications Corporation foreign exchange losses running into millions of dollars as a result of UPTC international operations or repayment of its loans in foreign exchange.
The secretary general of the Organization of African Unity, speaking in private, recently said that his organization was ready to back the hypothesis of a referendum on self-determination in Southern Sudan and that a decision in this sense could be taken fairly rapidly.
Head of state Yoweri Museveni this week threatened Khartoum with Ugandan raids into Southern Sudan's territory to attack bases of Ugandan rebels, if the Sudanese government did not halt supplying the rebels.
www.africaintelligence.com /ION/archives/default_archives.asp?num=697&year=   (990 words)

  
 anb391-e06 - Uganda: What's wrong?
His situation was very similar to that of many Ugandans who are now beginning to suspect that something has gone terribly wrong with their country.
The Ugandan shilling which was believed to be stable, lost 25% of its value in a single year.
Some political analysts believe that Uganda’s leaders have had a tendency of mis-diagonising problems facing Uganda and the region as a whole, and therefore they may not be the ones to come up with answers that will cool the situation.
ospiti.peacelink.it /anb-bia/nr391/e06.html   (755 words)

  
 Uganda page
There is also a spillover to the civil war in Rwanda, where Rwandans formerly employed in the Ugandan army, are involved.
Rwandan Hutu forces have attacked Ugandan territory, allegedly by mistake.
The Ugandan shilling inflated away following the expulsion of the Asians who made up most of the modern sector of the economy.
www.angelfire.com /mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/africa/uganda.html   (1710 words)

  
 Dragoman Part 2 JOURNAL
We arrived fairly early in the afternoon and had time to sit and relax with some beers (they had Guinness!), which is a luxury compared to the first Dragoman trip where we seemed to always be on the go.
The truck (Tiffany) requires her own visa and Nic was told she could not pay for that at the border post.
It turns out that he did all the negotiating using the Tanzanian shilling exchange rate, which was 795 to the dollar, instead of the Kenyan rate, which was 73 to the dollar!
www.blazingatrail.com /journals/dragojournal2.html   (11525 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Uganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Ugandan shillings per US dollar - 1,776.68 (2005), 1,810.3 (2004), 1,963.7 (2003), 1,797.6 (2002), 1,755.7 (2001)
Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces; Ugandan refugees have fled the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) into the southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; LRA forces have also attacked Kenyan villages across the border
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ug.html   (1323 words)

  
 The EastAfrican   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Devaluation of Uganda shilling pushes up beer prices
UGANDAN BEER manufacturers have been forced to raise their prices in response to the devaluation of the Ugandan shilling.
On the other hand, the beer industries in Kenya and Tanzania have to contend with high government taxation leading to higher prices, which in Kenya has seen per capita consumption of beer fall from 14 litres a few years ago, to the current 11.
www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/040399/Regional/Regional1.html   (281 words)

  
 Uganda
Currency: 1 Ugandan shilling (USh) = 100 cents
He was not dislodged from power, however, until he invaded northern Tanzania in 1978.
The Tanzanian military response, supported originally by about 1,000 Ugandan soldiers in exile, led to the liberation of Kampala in April 1979 and the ouster of Amin's forces from the country in June.
www.gateway-africa.com /countries/uganda.html   (840 words)

  
 Phab Phacts and Phigures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Lesch and I decided to put together this web study, which will provide you with a fair amount of information regarding the geography, history, and social aspects of Uganda.
Should you wish it, you also have the benefit of corresponding with me, and through me, with my Ugandan friends and co-workers - I would appreciate if you sent your emails as classes or small groups as I am quite busy here!
What is the nickname of the Ugandan National Soccer Team?
home.comcast.net /~tipupp/factfig.html   (398 words)

  
 Uganda 2003 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, ...
During 1990-2001, the economy turned in a solid performance based on continued investment in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, reduced inflation, gradually improved domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs.
Ongoing Ugandan involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, corruption within the government, and slippage in the government's determination to press reforms raise doubts about the continuation of strong growth.
Exchange rates: Ugandan shillings per US dollar - 1,797.55 (2002), 1,755.66 (2001), 1,644.48 (2000), 1,454.83 (1999), 1,240.31 (1998)
www.theodora.com /wfb2003/uganda/uganda_economy.html   (460 words)

  
 Uganda Economy 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
In 1990-99, the economy turned in a solid performance based on continued investment in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, reduced inflation, gradually improved domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs.
Ongoing Ugandan involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, growing corruption within the government, and slippage in the government's determination to press reforms raise doubts about the continuation of strong growth.
Exchange rates: Ugandan shillings (USh) per US$1 - 1,525.8 (January 2000), 1,454.8 (1999), 1,240.2 (1998), 1,083.0 (1997), 1,046.1 (1996), 968.9 (1995)
www.photius.com /wfb2000/countries/uganda/uganda_economy.html   (371 words)

  
 Uganda Economy 1989 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Electricity: 173,000 kW capacity; 312 million kWh produced, 18 kWh per capita (1988)
Currency: Ugandan shilling (plural--shillings); 1 Ugandan shilling (USh) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Ugandan shillings (USh) per US$1--200.00 (March 1989), 106.14 (1988), 42.84 (1987), 14.00 (1986), 6.72 (1985)
www.theodora.com /wfb1989/uganda/uganda_economy.html   (288 words)

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