KCB Bank Uganda Limited

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KCB Bank Uganda Limited
Public
USE :KCB
Industry Banking
Founded 2007
Headquarters Commercial Plaza
Kampala Road
Kampala, Uganda
Key people
 Samwiri Njuki,
chairman
Jerom Kiarie,
managing director[1]
Products Loans, credit cards, savings, investments, mortgages
Revenue Increase Pretax: US$3.7 million (UGX:9.04 billion) (2011)[2]
Total assets US$131 million (UGX:335.5 billion) (2012)
Number of employees
 336 (2013)
Website Homepage

KCB Bank Uganda Limited (KCB Bank Uganda), is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator.[3]

Overview

The bank focuses on meeting the banking needs of individuals and corporate entities. As of December 2012 KCB Uganda had an asset base valued at about US$131 million (UGX:335.5 billion).[4] That accounted for approximately 2.1 percent of total banking assets in the country at that time.[citation needed]

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. As of December 2011, shareholders' funds were valued at about US$21.5 million (KES:1.77 billion). At that time, the bank's customer base exceeded 59,140 and customer deposits exceeded US$88 million (UGX:217.3 billion), accounting for about 3 percent of bank deposits in Uganda.

Kenya Commercial Bank Group

Kenya Commercial Bank (Uganda) is a member of the KCB Group of companies.[5]

History

In November 2007, the first branch of KCB Uganda opened in Kampala, Uganda's capital city, following licensing by the Bank of Uganda. Since then, the bank has opened fourteen more branches in the country. KCB Uganda is a wholly owned subsidiary of the KCB Group. In May 2012, media reports indicated that KCB Uganda was making plans to acquire a licensed financial services institution in Uganda, within the next two years.[6]

Branch network

As of November 2014, KCB Uganda has a network of fourteen branches in the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Western Regions. Among the locations where the bank maintains branches are the following:

  1. Arua Branch - Arua
  2. Gulu Branch - Gulu
  3. Hoima Branch - Hoima[7]
  4. Jinja Branch - Jinja
  5. Kampala Road Branch — Kampala Road, Kampala Main Branch[8]
  6. Ben Kiwanuka Branch — Ben Kiwanuka Street, Kampala[9]
  7. Luwuum Street Branch — Luwuum Street, Kampala
  8. Sixth Street Branch — Sixth Street, Industrial Area, Kampala
  9. Oasis Mall Branch — Oasis Mall, Kampala Central Division, Kampala
  10. Ndeeba Branch - Ndeeba, Kampala[10]
  11. Lira Branch - Lira
  12. Fort Portal Branch - Fort Portal
  13. Elgon-Masaba Branch - Elgon-Masaba[11]
  14. Mbarara Branch - High Street, Mbarara[12]
  15. Kikuubo Branch - Kikuubo - Kampala
  16. Forest Mall Branch - Forest Mall, Lugogo Bypass, Kampala[13]

Governance

  • The chairman of the board of directors is Samwiri Njuki. The managing director is Albert Odongo. He was appointed to that position in June 2010 when his predecessor, James Agin, was promoted to group managing director.[14]

See also

References

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External links

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