conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda

UG

republic

Kampala

39 districts; Apac, Arua, Bundibugyo,
Bushenyi, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kalangala,
Kampala, Kamuli, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum,
Kotido, Kumi, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto,
Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pallisa, Rakai,
Rukungiri, Soroti, Tororo

9 October 1962 (from UK)

Independence Day, 9 October (1962)

8 October 1995; adopted by the interim, 284-member
Constituent Assembly, charged with debating the draft constitution
that had been proposed in May 1993; the Constituent Assembly was
dissolved upon the promulgation of the constitution in October 1995

in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one
based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations

18 years of age; universal

chief of state: President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since
seizing power 29 January 1986); note - the president is both chief of
state and head of government
head of government: President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since
seizing power 29 January 1986); Prime Minister Apollo NSIBAMBI (since
5 April 1999); note - the president is both chief of state and head of
government; the prime minister assists the president in the
supervision of the cabinet
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected
legislators
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 9 May 1996 (next to be held by 31 May 2001); note -
first popular election for president since independence in 1962 was
held in 1996; prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI elected president;
percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI 74%, Paul Kawanga
SSEMOGERERE 24%, Muhammad MAYANJA 2%

unicameral National Assembly (276 members - 214
directly elected by popular vote, 62 nominated by legally established
special interest groups and approved by the president - women 39, army
10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 3; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 27 June 1996 (next to be held NA 2001);
election results: NA; note - election campaigning by party was not
permitted

Court of Appeal, judges are appointed by the
president; High Court, judges are appointed by the president

only one political organization, the
National Resistance Movement or NRM  is
recognized; note - the president maintains that the NRM is not a
political party, but a movement which claims the loyalty of all
note: of the political parties that exist but are prohibited from
sponsoring candidates, the most important are the Ugandan People's
Congress or UPC ; Democratic Party or DP [Paul
SSEMOGERERE]; and Conservative Party or CP ;
the new constitution requires the suspension of political party
activity until a referendum is held on the matter in 2000

ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, EADB,
ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO
(correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

chief of mission: Ambassador Edith Grace SSEMPALA
chancery: 5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
telephone:  (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416
FAX:  (202) 726-1727

chief of mission: Ambassador Martin G. BRENNAN
embassy: Parliament Avenue, Kampala
mailing address: P. O. Box 7007, Kampala
telephone:  (41) 259792, 259793, 259795
FAX:  (41) 259794

six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow,
red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the
center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing
the hoist side