Uganda’s law and order sector ranked 49th
Some of the claims that judiciary is not up to its standard as an institution is being dispelled as Uganda has been ranked 49th in the world in terms of efficiency in delivering justice. The Global Competitiveness Report 2012/2013 has ranked Uganda’s Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) 49th out of 144 countries.

The previous year Uganda was placed in the 54th position. The ranking was based on the efficiency of Uganda’s legal system in resolving disputes and a 60% public satisfaction with the country’s justice system. Kenya and Burundi were in 72nd and 134th respectively.

These revelations were made during the launch of the annual performance report2012/2013 in Kampala last week. The reports highlights a number of significant improvement reached last financial year, such improvement include: increase in number of courts by 14.5%, reduction in case backlog to 32.3% and 56% growth in case registration

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