Ilya Lasout, who runs a small shop at the Yie market, said has borrowed 1, 000, 000 Ugandan Shillings ( US $ 600 ) . " The money is too little, but I hope in time I will get more, " Lasout said.
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In 2011, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the central bank governor, caused large volatility in the Ugandan shilling when he told the " Financial Times " that President Museveni had ignored technical advice against using Uganda's small foreign exchange reserves to buy new Sukhoi Su-30 fighter aircraft.
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*"'George Agdgdgwngo "'( pronounced Ag-dug-a-dug-gwengo ) is a very polite African British pound . ( In reality, the currency of Uganda, the Ugandan Shilling, trades at about 3300 per British pound . ) He often opens with the line " Good morning / afternoon / evening sir / madam ! " regardless of who answers the phone or time of day.
