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![]() ![]() Uganda Government - 1989 https://theodora.com/wfb1989/uganda/uganda_government.html SOURCE: 1989 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Long-form name: Republic of Uganda Type: republic Capital: Kampala Administrative divisions: 10 provinces; Busoga, Central, Eastern, Karamoja, Nile, North Buganda, Northern, South Buganda, Southern, Western Independence: 9 October 1962 (from UK) Constitution: 8 September 1967, suspended following coup of 27 July 1985; 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 National holiday: Independence Day, 9 October (1962) Branches: National Resistance Council headed by the President Leader: @m5Chief of State President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since 29 January 1986); @m5Head of Government Prime Minister Samson Babi Mululu KISEKKA (since 30 January 1986); First Deputy Prime Minister Eriya KATEGAYA (since NA) Suffrage: universal adult Elections: none scheduled Political parties: Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM), Ugandan People's Congress (UPC), Democratic Party (DP), Conservative Party (CP); all are proscribed from conducting public political activities Other political parties or pressure groups: Uganda People's Democratic Movement (UPDM), Uganda People's Front (UPF), Uganda Freedom Movement (UFM), Holy Spirit Movement (HSM) Communists: possibly a few sympathizers Member of: AfDB, CCC, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB--Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Stephen Kapimpina KATENTA-APULI; 5909 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20011; telephone (202) 726-7100 through 7102; US--Ambassador John A. BURROUGHS, Jr.; Embassy at British High Commission Building, Obote Avenue, Kampala (mailing address is P. O. Box 7007, Kampala); telephone �256� (41) 259791 Flag: six equal horizonal 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 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uganda Government 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uganda Government 1989 should be addressed to the CIA. |
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