We start using new shilling notes on Monday. The notes' design draws on "Uganda's rich historical, natural and cultural heritage", so proclaims promotional literature. As has been the ...

SIR— Recently, there has been an outcry in the press about the Bank of Uganda recalling the 5,000 and 10,000-shilling notes from circulation.

Uganda: 50,000 Counterfeit Note in Circulation. 9 January 2004. ... She said the group buys counterfeit notes of shillings 50,000, 10,000 and 5,000 from a Mr Kalebu alias Cobra, ...

Bank of Uganda plans to phase out the 1,000 shilling currency ($0.00027) note as the printing costs rise. The government will undertake a cost-benefit analysis followed by a call to replace ...