Political system of Uganda

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The political system of Uganda is semi-democratic, as there are several parties, but the state party National Resistance Movement Organization (NRM-O) holds the greatest power.

Executive power

Yoweri Museveni
function Surname since Political party
president Yoweri Museveni January 26, 1986 NRM-O
Vice President Gilbert Bukenya March 23, 2003 NRM-O
Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi April 5, 1999 NRM-O

The state president is the head of state and is elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term. The Minister of the Cabinet are appointed by the President after the selection by Parliament. The Prime Minister assists the President in running the Cabinet.

Legislative power

The National Assembly consists of 292 members, of which 214 are directly elected and 78 are elected by state associations. The representation of the national associations consists of 53 women (one for each district), 5 representatives of the youth, 5 representatives of the disabled and 5 representatives of the trade unions .

Parliamentary and presidential elections 2011

On February 18, 2011, parliamentary and presidential elections were held in Uganda. The NRM and Museveni were able to consolidate their power base and confirm their overwhelming dominance in the country's political life. According to the official statistics of the Ugandan election commission, incumbent Museveni was able to win 68.38 percent of the more than eight million votes, making him the clear winner of the presidential elections. His strongest competitor, Kizza Besigye , who ran for the opposition platform Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC), received a total of 26 percent of the vote.

In parliament, too, there is again an overwhelming majority for the NRM. 167 seats for directly elected MPs from the constituencies and an additional 83 seats for women’s representatives, who are also directly elected at district level, are allocated to the NRM. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) was only able to secure 34 seats.

Overall, the elections were relatively orderly and, above all, more peaceful than all previous polls in Uganda. Although there were reports of individual cases of violent conflicts at the local level on election day, there was no widespread escalation.

Judicial violence

The judiciary is independent of the legislative and executive powers. It consists of the Magistrate Courts, the Higher Courts, the Appeal Courts and finally the Supreme Court. The judges of the higher courts are nominated by the president. The judges of the appellate courts are appointed by the President with the consent of Parliament.

Legal system

The Ugandan Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on October 8, 1995, following a project for the federal constitution from May 1993. Since then, the legal system has been based on British common law and, on a subsidiary basis, on East African customary law. Uganda recognizes the authority of the International Court of Justice with reservations.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1995 Constitution of Uganda (see page 83 of 192; PDF; 469 kB)
  2. ↑ 2005 amended Constitution of Uganda (see page 100 of 231)
  3. ↑ Peter Girke and Mathias Kamp, "Musevenis Uganda: The power in a permanent subscription?", In: KAS-Auslandsinformationen, 5 (2011), pp. 57–80., Http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/ kas_22804-544-1-30.pdf? 110515172338

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