User:Atyang344/sandbox/Maria Kiwanuka

Maria Kiwanuka (born on 12 May 1955) is a Ugandan economist, businesswoman, and politician who served as Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Uganda from 27 May 2011 to 1 March 2015. Since 2015 she has been Senior Advisor to the President of Uganda on financial matters, responsible for the Bretton Woods Institutions. Prior to her appointment to cabinet, she was the managing director of Radio One and its sister station Akaboozi FM, in Uganda. She also served as a non-Executive board member on the board of directors of the Aga Khan Foundation in East Africa, the Nabagereka Development Trust, Nkumba University, Uganda Development Bank, and Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited. She served on the board of Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited from 2009 until 2011. After serving as the chairperson of the board of directors at United Bank for Africa Uganda Limited, for a number of years, Maria was appointed to the board of Standard Chartered Uganda in May 2021

Quotes

 *  First of all, all of us are stakeholders, there is no free lunch for everybody. There is no free finance. You must not say, let me take this money and run. In order to develop, we must stop thinking of getting money and disappear.
 * Quoted in Don't borrow money and disappear-Former minister Kiwanuka tells SMEs.Article by Aloysious Kasoma, 26 May 2022, New Vision
 * Maria Kiwanuka was giving her speech on investing and financial opportunities for small businesses
 *  We must respect the rule of the law. Borrowers must respect lenders and lenders must respect borrowers.
 * Quoted in Don't borrow money and disappear-Former minister Kiwanuka tells SMEs.Article by Aloysious Kasoma, 26 May 2022, New Vision
 * She was cautioning people to practice and maintain integrity while accessing financial services
 *  Money is what makes the economy go round so financiers need to take a long overview to see how finances will be disbursed.
 * Quoted in Don't borrow money and disappear-Former minister Kiwanuka tells SMEs.Article by Aloysious Kasoma, 26 May 2022, New Vision
 *  If your SMEs are in line with inelastic demand, as a borrower, you can never go wrong because people need to eat and clothe themselves
 * Quoted in Don't borrow money and disappear-Former minister Kiwanuka tells SMEs.Article by Aloysious Kasoma, 26 May 2022, New Vision
 *  My father had five daughters and one son and he always told us that any girl could be the equal of any boy. I remember getting a slap on my wrist once, when he asked me, “Why did you [perform poorly] in math” and I said, “Math is too hard for us girls.” And he said, “Don’t you ever dare say that again; and just for that, you go and read sciences.”
 * Quoted in Maria Kiwanuka shares her story and wisdom nuggets in a rare interview. Article by Carolyne Nakazibwe, 21 February 2023, The Observer
 * Maria Kiwanuka was sharing her inspirational story
 * Western donors have halted or re-directed about $118 million in aid to the East African economy since President Yoweri Museveni signed a law in February which toughened existing rules against gays and prescribed life in jail for what it called “aggravated homosexuality”, such as sex with a minor."There has been a lot of heat and dramatization"
 * Quoted in Ugandan minister says anti-gay law has little investment impact. Article by Carolyn Cohn, 6 May 2014, Reuters
 * She was assuring Ugandans that anti-gay law hasn't affected Uganda's economy