2009 Assessment

This peer-reviewed country report includes:

Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for more than 300 Integrity Indicators.

Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.

Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.

The implementation gap between the existence and actual implementation of key anti-corruption safeguards in Uganda is one of the largest in the world. While the legal framework is strong on the books, in practice implementation falls short. Low levels of funding and insufficient capacity hinder almost all government oversight agencies including the Inspectorate General of Government (IGG). As a result, the IGG cannot effectively enforce existing conflicts of interest regulations. Recognizing the need to build capacity, new training requirements have been put in place for procurement officials. Citizens also report problems accessing government information due to low internet penetration rates and political influence over the disclosure of sensitive information. The media is relatively free to report on corruption issues but there have also been cases of political pressure being put on reporters in the past year.