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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 86041, member: 27"] Credit reform hit a wall as a flashy movable-assets registry sputtered under weak tech links, fuzzy asset tracking, and loopholes that scare lenders away from the very borrowers it was meant to help. Audit flags broken credit reform [LIST] [*]Auditor General warned Parliament of Uganda about stalled movable-asset lending. [*]Targeted women, youth, and low-income earners were left out. [*]Reform promise stalled by system failures. [*]Uptake lagged far behind expectations. [/LIST] Law and registry setup [LIST] [*]The Security Interest in Movable Property Act took effect in 2019. [*]Uganda Registration Services Bureau built SIMPRS for lenders. [*]Shs1.2 billion sunk into the digital registry. [*]Land titles are meant to stop dominating collateral. [/LIST] Verification mess with assets [LIST] [*]Most movable assets lack unique identifiers. [*]Livestock and household goods hard to authenticate. [*]Fraud and double-pledging risks jumped. [*]Ownership checks stayed unreliable. [/LIST] Missing government linkages [LIST] [*]No central registry for imported movable equipment. [*]Warehouse receipts could not be verified. [*]SIMPRS is left disconnected from other platforms. [*]Cross-checking assets stayed impossible. [/LIST] Licensing loopholes [LIST] [*]Only licensed lenders are allowed on SIMPRS. [*]Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority is not linked. [*]Real-time license checks are unavailable. [*]Registry exposed to misuse. [/LIST] Risk and cleanup gaps [LIST] [*]SIMPRS offered no cover for theft or depreciation. [*]Insurance and guarantees are absent. [*]Discharged loans are not auto-cleared. [*]Old encumbrances lingered on the records. [/LIST] Fixes urged by auditors [LIST] [*]Auditor General pushed urgent system integration. [*]Unique identifiers for key assets are advised. [*]Central equipment registry proposed. [*]Platform links demanded to salvage the reform. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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