The relief package worth 200 billion Shillings was announced by President Yoweri Museveni about a month into the second COVID-19 induced lockdown, following an outcry that small scale enterprises would lose their livelihood as their businesses were shut.
As of June 2021, the bank says it approved credit of Ushs 706 Billion in various projects aligned to the overall recovery strategy, and expected the revived businesses to restore the number of jobs lost and increase revenues to government.
