Administrative divisions
56 districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kampala, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit, Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe
note: as of a July 2005, 13 new districts were reportedly added bringing the total up to 69; the new districts are Amolatar, Amuria, Budaka, Butaleja, Ibanda, Kaabong, Kabingo, Kaliro, Kiruhura, Koboko, Manafwa, Mityana, Nakaseke; a total of ten more districts are in the process of being added |
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Capital city > Geographic coordinates
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0 19 N, 32 25 E |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Constitution
8 October 1995; in 2005 the constitution was amended removing presidential term limits and legalizing a multiparty political system |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Corruption
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2.5 |
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[124th of 160]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address
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P. O. Box 7007, Kampala |
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Source: Transparency International |
Executive branch > Cabinet
Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected legislators |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Executive branch > Chief of state
President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power 26 January 1986); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Government type
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republic |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Independence
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9 October 1962 (from UK) |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Judicial branch
Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president) |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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 |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly (332 seats; 215 members elected by popular vote, 104 nominated by legally established special interest groups [women 79, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5], 13 ex officio members; to serve five-year terms) |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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18% |
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[28th of 143]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Political parties and leaders
Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]; Democratic Party or DP [Kizito SSEBAANA]; Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Kizza BESIGYE]; Justice Forum or JEEMA [Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA]; National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]; Peoples Progressive Party or PPP [Bidandi SSALI]; Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Miria OBOTE]; note: a national referendum in July 2005 opened the way for Uganda's transition to a multi-party political system |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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Status
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pseudo-democracy |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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Source: electionworld.org |
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Time required to start a business > days
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30 days
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[104th of 171]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Trademarks, residents
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26
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[79th of 98]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces that extend across its borders; Uganda hosts 209,860 Sudanese, 27,560 Congolese, and 19,710 Rwandan refugees, while Ugandan refugees as well as members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) seek shelter in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Garamba National Park; LRA forces have also attacked Kenyan villages across the border |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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