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    Uganda Government 1995
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    SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Names:
      conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
      conventional short form:
      Digraph: UG
      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, Sototi, Tororo

      Independence: 9 October 1962 (from UK)
      National holiday: Independence Day, 9 October (1962)

      Constitution: 8 September 1967, in process of constitutional revision

      Legal system: government plans to restore system based on English common law and customary law and reinstitute a normal judicial system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:
      chief of state: President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since 29 January 1986); Vice President Samson Babi Mululu KISEKKA (since NA January 1991)
      head of government: Prime Minister George Cosmas ADYEBO (since NA January 1991)
      cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the president

      Legislative branch: unicameral
      National Resistance Council: elections last held 11-28 February 1989 (next to be held by January 1995); results - NRM was the only party; seats - (278 total, 210 indirectly elected) 210 members elected without party affiliation

      Judicial branch: Court of Appeal, High Court

      Political parties and leaders: only party - National Resistance Movement (NRM), Yoweri MUSEVENI
      note: Ugandan People's Congress (UPC), Milton OBOTE; Democratic Party (DP), Paul SSEMOGEERE; and Conservative Party (CP), Joshua S. MAYANJA-NKANGI continue to exist but are all proscribed from conducting public political activities
      Other political or pressure groups: Uganda People's Front (UPF); Lord's Resistance Army (LRA); Ruwenzori Movement
      Member of: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, EADB, ECA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IGADD, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOSOM, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in US:
      chief of mission: Ambassador Stephen Kapimpina KATENTA-APULI
      chancery: 5909 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
      telephone: (202) 726-7100 through 7102 and 726-0416
      FAX: (202) 726-1727
      US diplomatic representation:
      chief of mission: Ambassador Johnnie CARSON
      embassy: Parliament Avenue, Kampala
      mailing address: P. O. Box 7007, Kampala
      telephone: [256] (41) 259792, 259793, 259795

      Flag: 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 staff side

      NOTE: The information regarding Uganda on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uganda Government 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uganda Government 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.

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