services founded 1926 headquarters 4 6 nkrumah road kampala uganda key people obella oode chairman stephen mukweli managing director 1 products loans checking savings investments revenue us 1.7 million ugx 4.28 billion 2012 total assets us 54 million ugx 135.7 billion 2012 website homepage postbank uganda is a non bank credit institution in uganda . its activities are supervised by the bank of uganda the country s central bank and national banking regulator . 2 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 ownership 4 branch network 4.1 fixed branches 4.2 mobile branches 5 governance 6 see also 7 references 8 external links overview edit as of december 2012 update postbank uganda was a small but growing credit institution whose assets were estimated at us 54 million ugx 135.7 billion . 3 history edit postbank uganda has been in existence since 1926 . it started out as a department in the post office . in february 1998 postbank uganda limited was incorporated in accordance with the communications act of 1997 to take over the operations of the former post office savings department . postbank uganda was incorporated under the companies act in february 1998 as a limited liability company . the bank s operations are supervised by the bank of uganda under the financial institutions act . it is classified as a tier ii institution non bank credit institution by the bank of uganda . 2 postbank uganda subscribes to the depositors insurance scheme at bank of uganda . if postbank uganda fails the bank s depositors are insured up to sh 3 million approximately us 1 600.00 in 2009 per eligible account . in 2009 postbank uganda applied to the bank of uganda to become a fully licensed commercial bank . 4 in february 2016 ugandan media sources reported hat the government was planning to merge postabank uganda with pride microfinance limited to form an agricultural bank . 5 ownership edit postbank uganda is wholly owned by the government of uganda . citation needed branch network edit as of may 2014 postbank uganda maintained a branch network of 32 fixed branches and 17 mobile banking units totaling 49 branches . 6 fixed branches edit arua branch arua bombo branch bombo bugoloobi branch bugoloobi kampala city branch nkrumah road kampala head office entebbe branch entebbe fort portal branch fort portal gulu branch gulu hoima branch hoima iganga branch iganga 7 jinja branch jinja kabale branch kabale kakiri branch kakiri kampala road branch kampala road kampala kamwenge branch kamwenge 8 kanungu branch kanungu 9 kasese branch kasese kayunga branch kayunga kitgum branch kitgum lacor branch lacor hospital gulu lira branch lira masaka branch masaka mbale branch mbale mbarara branch mbarara mubende branch mubende nakasongola branch nakasongola ndeeba branch ndeeba kampala nkrumah road branch nkrumah road kampala ntungamo branch ntungamo soroti branch soroti wandegeya branch wandegeya kampala william street branch william street kampala koome island branch koome island 10 mobile branches edit the mobile branches are located in the following towns and districts 11 budaka budaka district bududa bududa district bukedea bukedea district butaleja butaleja district fort portal kabarole district kamwenge kamwenge district kapchorwa kapchorwa district kibaale kibaale district kyegegwa kyegegwa district 12 kyenjojo kyenjojo district manafwa manafwa district pallisa pallisa district sironko sironko district tororo tororo district governance edit the activities of postbank uganda are directed by the its board of directors . as of may 2014 update the chairman of the board was obella oode . the managing director and chief executive officer was stephen mukweli . the current board was installed in 2012 for a five year term . the day to day activities of the bank are supervised by a team of ten bank managers headed by the managing director . 13 see also edit banking in uganda list of banks in uganda references edit mugalu moses 3 june 2014 . uganda postbank launches sh800 million loan scheme for farmers . the observer uganda . retrieved 5 june 2014 . a b bou . list of licensed credit institutions in uganda as at march 2013 pdf . bank of uganda bou . retrieved 21 june 2015 . by editors 21 may 2013 . mixed fortunes for banks in 2012 . summit business review uganda . retrieved 29 may 2014 . maseruka josephine 30 march 2009 . postbank launches land loan . new vision kampala . retrieved 29 may 2014 . nzu 27 february 2016 . government to merge post bank and pride microfinance to form an agricultural bank . kampala newz.ug nzu . retrieved 3 april 2016 . list of postbank branches . postbank uganda . retrieved 29 may 2014 . kiirya donald 21 march 2009 . central bank commends postbank . new vision . retrieved 29 may 2014 . mafaranga hope 25 october 2009 . uganda post bank goes to kamwenge . new vision via allafrica.com . retrieved 29 may 2014 . baraire patson 7 november 2010 . uganda kanungu gets its second commercial bank . new vision via allafrica.com . retrieved 29 may 2014 . kulabako faridah 18 february 2011 . banks intensify branch growth to raise customer base . daily monitor . retrieved 29 may 2014 . senyonyi taddewo 6 january 2014 . banking on wheels banks innovatively reaching out to the unbanked in remote areas . the ceo magazine kampala . retrieved 5 june 2014 . ghosh ishita 28 september 2010 . the ugandan millionaire . theworkzine.com . retrieved 29 may 2014 . jaramogi patrick 4 april 2012 . post bank gets new board . new vision . retrieved 29 may 2014 . external links edit official website v t e kampala district capital kampala divisions kampala central division kawempe division lubaga division makindye division nakawa division neighborhoods banda bugoloobi bukoto busega butabika bwaise ggaba kabalagala kamwookya kansanga kaleerwe kanyanya kasubi katwe kawaala kawempe kibuli kibuye kigoowa kikaaya kisaasi kiwaatule kulambiro kololo kyambogo kyebando lubaga lungujja luzira makerere makindye mbuya mengo mpererwe mulago munyonyo muyenga 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