This article is part of the series Politics of Uganda

Political parties of Uganda Elections in Uganda National Assembly Local Council Foreign relations

Prime Minister of Uganda President of Uganda

A Local Council (LC, formerly Resistance Council -RC) is a form of local elected government within the districts of Uganda. They were initially established as rebel support structures in the areas controlled by the National Resistance Army (NRA) of Yoweri Museveni. At this time, they were known as Resistance Councils and proved effective in funneling food and supplies to the NRA combatants. Following the victory of the NRA and Museveni's taking of the presidential office in 1986, Resistance Councils were implemented in every district. After the first elections under Museveni in 1996, the Resistance Councils were renamed Local Councils. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Politics of Uganda is based on a democratic parliamentary system with universal suffrage for all citizens over 18 years of age. ... Political parties in Uganda lists political parties in Uganda. ... Uganda provides national elections for a president and a legislature. ... The National Assembly of Uganda has 292 members. ... The Ugandan government generally seeks good relations with other nations without reference to ideological orientation. ... The Prime Minister is the Ugandan head of government. ... The President of Uganda is the head of state in Uganda. ... Uganda is divided into 56 districts, listed below. ... The National Resistance Army (NRA) began as a guerilla army of Uganda in the 1980s, led by Yoweri Museveni. ... Museveni was fêted by the west as part of a new generation of African leaders. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

There are five levels of Local Councils. The lowest level is the Local Council I (LC 1 or LC I), is responsible for a village or, in the case of towns or cities, a neighborhood. The area covered by Local Councils II through IV are correspondingly larger, while a Local Council V (LC5) is responsible for the entire district. In theory, a problem at a local level is relayed up through the various levels until it reaches a LC with sufficient authority or power to resolve it, while centrally planned directives are relayed downward until they are implemented at the local level. The LC system has been praised by some political analysts. The election of Resistance Councils representatives was the first direct experience of many Ugandans with democracy after many decades of varying levels of authoriatarianism and the replication of the structure up to the district level has been credited with helping even people at the local level understand the higher level political structures.

Each Local Council has a certain number of identical positions, such as Chairman, Vice-Chairman, etc. As each position requires must be filled for each of the five LC levels, it does require Ugandan citizens to make a large number of choices when filling out ballots. The Local Council does not transfer nationally. Instead, the national government appoints Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) to represent its interests at the district level. The relative status of the LC5 Chairman and the RDC is sometimes hard to determine. Though they are theoretically supposed to work in concert, in practice they may conflict or one may have much more power in the district than the other.