Capital Markets Authority of Uganda

For other uses, see Capital Market Authority.

Capital Markets Authority of Uganda

Agency overview
Formed	1996 (1996)
Jurisdiction	Uganda
Headquarters	Kampala, Uganda
Employees	40 (2025) [1]
Agency executives	Saul Sseremba, chairman [2] Josephine Okui Ossiya, chief executive officer [3]
Website	www.cmauganda.co.ug

The Capital Markets Authority of Uganda (CMA) is a semi-autonomous government body responsible for the financial regulation of the capital markets industry in Uganda.

Overview

The CMA approves the offers of all securities to the public and licenses market professionals like broker-dealers, investment advisers, and fund managers. It licenses stock exchanges but has so far issued licences only to the Uganda Securities Exchange and ALTX East Africa Securities Exchange. Its overall objectives are market regulation and investor protection. ^[4]

Mandate

• The development of all aspects of the capital markets with particular emphasis on the removal of impediments to, and the creation of incentives, for longer-term investments in productive enterprises.
• The creation, maintenance, and regulation, through implementation of a system in which market participants are self-regulatory to the maximum practicable extent, of a market in which securities can be issued and traded in an orderly, fair, and efficient manner.
• The protection of investor interests.
• The operation of an Investor Compensation Fund.
• The licensing of brokers and other financial industry professionals.

See also

• Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Uganda)
• Uganda Investment Authority
• Economy of Uganda
• List of financial regulatory authorities by jurisdiction

References

1. CMA (2025). "Capital Markets Authority Management Team". Capital Markets Authority (CMA). Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 13 Feb 2015.
2. Twaha, Ali (18 January 2023). "CMA inaugurates new board of directors". The Monitor . Retrieved 12 February 2025.
3. WAMALA, DEOGRATIUS (6 December 2023). "Ossiya Is New Capital Markets Chief Executive". Daily Monitor . Retrieved 12 Feb 2025.
4. Oketch, Martin Luther (31 December 2011). "Harsh Economy Hurts Capital Markets". Daily Monitor Mobile . Retrieved 6 July 2014.

External links

• Website of Uganda Capital Markets Authority
• Website of Uganda Securities Exchange
• Website of Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development