Uganda Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Republic of Uganda

Type: republic

Capital: Kampala

Political subdivisions: 10 provinces and 34 districts

Legal system: government plans to restore system based on English common law and customary law to reinstitute a normal judicial system; legal education at Makerere University, Kampala; accepts compulsory 1CJ jurisdiction, with reservations

National holiday: Independence Pay, 9 October

Branches: present government, which assumed power in January 1986, consists of a National Resistance Council headed by the President; the constitution has been suspended and the unicameral legislature (National Assembly) has been dissolved

Government leader: Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI, Head of State and Chairman of the National Resistance Council (since January 1986)

Suffrage: universal adult

Elections: none scheduled

Political parties: Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM), Ugandan People’s Congress (UPC), Democratic Party (DP), Conservation Party (CP)

Voting strength: (December 1980 election) National Assembly UPC, 74; DP, 51; other, 1

Other political parties or pressure groups. Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), Uganda Freedom Movement (VFM), Federal Democratic Movement of Uganda (FEDEMU), Uganda National Rescue Front (UNRF)

Communists: possibly a few sympathizers

Member of: AfDB, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, 1CAC, ICAO,

ICO, IDA, 1DB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, 1LO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAU, O1C, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

NOTE: The information regarding Uganda on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uganda 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uganda 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.