institutions involved in the fight against corruption is ongoing. The Whistleblowers Bill of 2008 was tabled before Parliament for its first reading. 2.1.13 The capacity of the Inspectorate of Government (IG) to implement the Leadership Code Act has been strengthened with training of IG staff in forensics investigative skills, among others. The Anti-corruption Court is now fully functional. In 2008, 10 corruption cases were finalised by the IGG, six convictions were secured while four were acquitted. Government has also announced the setting up of a judicial commission of inquiry into the Universal Primary Education (UPE) and the Universal Secondary Education (USE) national programmes. 2.2 Economic Governance and Management 2.2.1 In this area, significant progress has been achieved in the promotion of sound economic management policies. These enabled Uganda‟s economy to register a robust real growth of 7.0 percent in the FY 2008/09, compared to the average sub-Saharan growth rate of 2.4 percent. This remarkable performance, which is an indication that Uganda‟s economy remains resilient, was inspite of the global financial and economic crises that have adversely affected several economies both in the developed and developing world. The high economic growth rates enabled significant gains to be made in socio-economic development in general and improvement of the welfare of much of the population in particular. 2.2.2 Progress has also been achieved in the development of national laws and policies as well as plans, strategies and programmes to uphold, domesticate and popularise international principles, codes and standards in economic governance and management. Relevant agreements, treaties and protocols have been signed, acceded to and ratified by the country. 2.2.3 In terms of building the capacity of government to monitor the volume of oil reserves and production on a 24-hour basis, an Oil and Gas Policy of February 2008 has been formulated. The drafting of a National Oil and Gas Law by the Ministry of Mineral and Energy Development has commenced with the formulation of the principles for the new petroleum exploration and production.