Data code: UG
Government type: republic
Capital: Kampala?
Administrative divisions: 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?
Independence: 9 October 1962 (from UK)
National holiday: Independence Day, 9 October (1962)
Constitution: 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
Legal system: in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
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%
Legislative branch:
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
Judicial branch: Court of Appeal, judges are appointed by the president; High Court, judges are appointed by the president
Political parties and leaders:
only one political organization, the National Resistance Movement or NRM [President MUSEVENI, chairman] is recognized; note - the president maintains that the NRM is not a political party, but a movement which claims the loyalty of all Ugandans
note:
of the political parties that exist but are prohibited from sponsoring candidates, the most important are the Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Milton OBOTE]; Democratic Party or DP [Paul SSEMOGERERE]; and Conservative Party or CP [Joshua S. MAYANJA-NKANGI]; the new constitution requires the suspension of political party activity until a referendum is held on the matter in 2000
International organization participation: 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
Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission:
Ambassador Edith Grace SSEMPALA
chancery:
5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
telephone:
[1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416
FAX:
[1] (202) 726-1727
Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission:
Ambassador Martin G. BRENNAN
embassy:
Parliament Avenue, Kampala
mailing address:
P. O. Box 7007, Kampala
telephone:
[256] (41) 259792, 259793, 259795
FAX:
[256] (41) 259794
Flag description: 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
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