There is no shortage of independent evidence of the shortcomings of the business environment in Uganda. The World Bank’s Doing Business Indicators for 2014 ranks Uganda against other countries in the world on several different features of the business environment. Overall, Uganda ranks 132nd out of 189 countries, a fall of 6 places from 126th in the previous year.
Uganda ranks very poorly in several important facets of the business environment including getting the relevant permits to start a business, the lack of reliable power supplies, registering property, dealing with construction permits and trading across borders.