Road map
     Road map
   • Overview
      Overview
   • Key socio-economic 
      Key socio-economic 
     indicators
      indicators
   • Background
      Background
   • Policy and institutional 
      Policy and institutional 
     context
      context
   • Competition Law
      Competition Law
      – History & status quo
         History & status quo
      – Objectives, scope & coverage
         Objectives, scope & coverage
      – Other issues
         Other issues
   • Sectoral approaches
      Sectoral approaches
   • Competition perception 
      Competition perception 
     survey findings
      survey findings
   • Conclusions
      Conclusions
                                    
                                    
   Sights of Uganda
                           
                           
   Overview
   •
    The market economy is still in its infancy, characterised by 
   inexistence of enabling frameworks or the existence of inadequate 
   and/, or archaic policies and laws (Cases: SOG, Consumer protection, 
   food safety, IP etc). 
   •
    The emergence of competition in the marketplace has largely been as 
   a result of government direct involvement intervention (import 
   substitution, etc. ). 
   •
    There is market concentration in several sectors of the economy, 
   particularly in financial services (insurance), manufacturing (mainly 
   food processing) and beverages among others. 
   •
    A monopolistic competitive dispensation prevails in several sectors, 
   i.e. very many buyers, many sellers, minimum difference in nature of 
   products and number of barriers to entry or exit. 
                                   
                                   
     Key socio-economic indicators
       POLITICS & GEOGRAPHY 
       Geographical neighbours                  Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, DRC, Rwanda
       Administrative system, structure         Decentralised system with central government retaining role of policymaking, 
                                                    supervision and admin. Units - 76 districts
       Area                                     241,038 sq km (93,072 sq miles)
       Life expectancy                          45 years (men), 47 years (women) – UN
       Population/ Density/ Population          27 million/ 126 persons per KM2 82% rural, 18% urban
            distribution
       System of government                     ‘No party’ movement system, transiting to multiparty democracy after 2006 
                                                    elections.
                                                          
                                                          
       SOCIAL & HISTORICAL POINTERS
       Historical background                      Former British protectorate, stable before independence but chaotic 
                                                  afterwards (turmoil, unrest, economic decline)
       Major languages                            English (official), Kiswahili, Ganda
       Major religions                            Christianity, Islam
       Number of phone lines                      1,040,127 mobile, 71,056 fixed (5% penetration) – UCC, Nov. 2004
       Access to electricity                      5% of population (250,000 connections - ERA)
       Access to clean water                      60% (national), 55% rural – 2004 (DWD)
       Literacy rate                              69.9%
       Adult HIV prevalence                       7% (MoH, 2005)
       Prevalence of poverty                      38% (MoFPED, 2004)
       Available HEP capacity                     315mw (April 2005- ERA); reduced to 200mw at of 2005 and to a crisis 
                                                  170mw in January 2006 
       Population growth / fertility rate         3.4% PA / 6.8 children per woman