Government (Uganda)
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     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, 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)
     Executive branch:
         president, vice president, prime minister, three deputy prime ministers,
         Cabinet
     Legislative branch:
         unicameral National Resistance Council
     Judicial branch:
         Court of Appeal, High Court
     Leaders:
       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)
     Political parties and leaders:
         only party - National Resistance Movement (NRM); note - the Uganda Patriotic
         Movement (UPM), Ugandan People's Congress (UPC), Democratic Party (DP), and
         Conservative Party (CP) are all proscribed from conducting public political
         activities
     Suffrage:
         universal at age 18
     Elections:
       National Resistance Council:
         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
     Other political or pressure groups:
         Uganda People's Front (UPF), Uganda People's Christian Democratic Army
         (UPCDA), 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, ITU, LORCS, NAM,
         OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, 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 Johnnie CARSON; Embassy at Parliament Avenue, Kampala (mailing
         address is P. O. Box 7007, Kampala); telephone [256] (41) 259792, 259793,
         259795