standards and codes. Although there were seven major international
codes and standards, which have been identified for domestication,
government has made limited progress in this regard.
3.1
Democracy and Political Governance
3.1.1 Although Government, in collaboration with its neighbours, has made
significant efforts to re-demarcate the international borders, the process
needs to bring on board regional and international commitment to
enhance its credibility and for future reference in case of any
disagreements. There is no regional or Africa-wide institutional
arrangement that is working with the border verification team.
3.1.2 There have been challenges associated with the recruitment and
retention of trained staff by ministries, departments and agencies
responsible for implementation of the APRM priority actions, e.g. the
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development; Uganda Revenue
Authority (URA); the Inspectorate of Government (IG); and the Legal
Department of the MoFA.
3.1.3 There is no mechanism yet to regulate intra as well as inter-party
relations, discipline and conduct. The draft Code of Conduct for political
parties is yet to be formulated. The Inter-Party platform provided for in
the 1995 Constitution has not yet been established.
3.1.4 There are several Programme of Action priority areas across all the four
thematic areas that necessitated wide stakeholder consultations as well as
dissemination to generate the required consensus and necessary buy-ins
at different levels, such as the Amendment to the Land Act and the
formulation of the National Land Policy, among others. There are
currently no institutional mechanisms for providing the necessary space
for consensus building on different policy matters as well as political
issues, especially in the context of the nascent multi-party democracy.
There are challenges with the flow of information that is necessary to
facilitate the implementation of formulated policies.
3.1.5 The APRM POA called for the review of the current First-Past-the-Post
electoral model with a view to injecting the element of proportionality.
There have been no consultations undertaken to review the current
First-Past-the-Post electoral model.