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Uganda to stem ‘speculation’ as Shilling falls

Uganda’s central bank said it would take measures to halt a slide in the shilling it blamed on speculators as the currency dropped to the lowest since October 2011.

“The Bank of Uganda has noted some speculative tendencies that have exacerbated the depreciation,” the regulator said in an e-mailed statement today. “The bank will take measures to tame the depreciation.”

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