The Governance and Security Programme contributes to the NDPIII objective five which is; to strengthen the role of state in Development. The programme goal is to improve adherence to the rule of law and capacity to contain prevailing and emerging security threats.

Programme Administrative Coordinator: Office of the Prime Minister 

Program Technical Coordinator/Manager: Office of the President (OP)

Lead Implementing Partners:

1. Justice Law and Order Sector (Access to Justice Sub-Programme)
2. Security Sector
3. Legislature Sector
4. Accountability sector

The key results to be achieved over the next five years are:

• Improve on the Corruption Perception Index from 26 percent to 35 percent.
• Increase the Democratic Index from 6.5 percent to 8.6 percent.
• Increase the expenditure on R&D by Security Sector from UGX 7 billion to 10 billion.
• Increase percentage expenditure on R&D from 0.01 to 0.1.
• Increase the percentage of citizens’ participation in electoral processes from 80 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase the rate of case disposal from 60 percent to 75 percent.
• Attain a 25 percent enrolment in the National service by 2025.
• Decrease the percentage of backlog cases in the system from 18 percent to 10 percent; and
• Increase the percentage of districts with one stop frontline JLOS service points from 67.5 percent to 90 percent.

 The objectives of the programme are to:

• Strengthen the capacity of security agencies to address emerging security threats.
• Strengthen policy, legal, regulatory, and institutional frameworks for effective governance and security.
• Strengthen people centred security, legislation, justice, law, and order service delivery system.
• Reform and strengthen JLOS business processes to facilitate private sector development.
• Strengthen transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption systems.
• Strengthen citizen participation in democratic processes.
• Strengthen compliance and implementation of the Uganda Bill of Rights; and
• Enhance Refugee protection and Migration Management.

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Governance and Security Programme Annual Report (FY 2021/22)