9 October 1962 (from the UK)
Independence Day, 9 October (1962)
several previous; latest adopted 27 September 1995, promulgated 8 October 1995; amended many times, last in 2015 (2016)
mixed legal system of English common law and customary law
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
citizenship by birth: no
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent or grandparent must be a native-born citizen of Uganda
dual citizenship recognized: yes
residency requirement for naturalization: an aggregate of 20 years and continuously for the last 2 years prior to applying for citizenship
18 years of age; universal
chief of state: President Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); Vice President Edward SSEKANDI (since 24 May 2011); note – the president is both chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); Vice President Edward SSEKANDI (since 24 May 2011); Prime Minister Ruhakana RUGUNDA (since 19 September 2014); First Deputy Prime Minister Moses ALI (since 6 June 2016); Second Deputy Prime Minister Kirunda KIVEJINJA (since 6 June 2016))
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected members of the National Assembly or persons who qualify to be elected as members of the National Assembly
elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (no term limit); election last held on 18 February 2016 (next to be held in February 2021)
election results: Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI reelected president; percent of vote – Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (NRM) 60.6%, Kizza BESIGYE (FDC) 35.6%, other 3.8%
description: unicameral National Assembly or Parliament (427 seats; 290 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 112 for women directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, and 25 “representatives” reserved for special interest groups – army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5; there are 13 ex-officio members appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)
elections: last held on 18 February 2016 (next to be held in February 2021)
election results: percent of vote by party – NA; seats by party – NA
highest court(s): Supreme Court of Uganda (consists of the chief justice and at least 10 justices)
judge selection and term of office: justices appointed by the president of the republic in consultation with the Judicial Service Commission (a 9-member independent advisory body) and approved by the National Assembly; justices serve until mandatory retirement at age 70
subordinate courts: Court of Appeal (also sits as the Constitutional Court); High Court (includes 12 High Court Circuits and 8 High Court Divisions); Industrial Court; Chief Magistrate Grade One and Grade Two Courts throughout the country; qadhis courts ; local council courts; family and children courts
Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]
Democratic Party or DP [Norbert MAO]
Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Mugisha MUNTU]
Justice Forum or JEEMA [Asuman BASALIRWA]
National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]
Uganda People’s Congress or UPC [James AKENA]
National Association of Women Organizations in Uganda or NAWOU [Florence NEKYON]
Parliamentary Advocacy Forum or PAFO
Ugandan Coalition for Political Accountability to Women or COPAW
ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
chief of mission: Ambassador Oliver WONEKHA (since 6 June 2013)
chancery: 5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
telephone: [1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416
FAX: [1] (202) 726-1727
chief of mission: Ambsssador Deborah R. MALAC (since 27 February 2016)
embassy: 1577 Ggaba Road, Kampala
mailing address: P.O. Box 7007, Kampala
telephone: [256] (414) 259 791 through 93, 95
FAX: [256] (414) 259-794
six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a grey crowned crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side; black symbolizes the African people, yellow sunshine and vitality, red African brotherhood; the crane was the military badge of Ugandan soldiers under the UK
grey crowned crane; national colors: black, yellow, red
name: “Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty!”
lyrics/music: George Wilberforce KAKOMOA
note: adopted 1962
Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, small deposits of copper, gold, and other minerals, and recently discovered oil. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing one third of the work force. Coffee accounts for the bulk of export revenues. Uganda’s economy remains predominantly agricultural with a small industrial sector that is dependent on imported inputs like oil and equipment. Overall productivity is hampered by a number of supply-side constraints, including underinvestment in an agricultural sector that continues to rely on rudimentary technology. Industrial growth is impeded by high-costs due to poor infrastructure, low levels of private investment, and the depreciation of the Ugandan shilling.
Since 1986, the government – with the support of foreign countries and international agencies – has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing prices of petroleum products, and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation while encouraging foreign investment to boost production and export earnings. Since 1990 economic reforms ushered in an era of solid economic growth based on continued investment in infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, lower inflation, better domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs.
The global economic downturn in 2008 hurt Uganda’s exports; however, Uganda’s GDP growth has largely recovered due to past reforms and a rapidly growing urban consumer population. Oil revenues and taxes are expected to become a larger source of government funding as production starts in the next five to 10 years. However, lower oil prices since 2014 and protracted negotiations and legal disputes between the Ugandan government and oil companies may prove a stumbling block to further exploration and development.
Uganda faces many challenges. Instability in South Sudan has led to a sharp increase in Sudanese refugees and is disrupting Uganda’s main export market. High energy costs, inadequate transportation and energy infrastructure, insufficient budgetary discipline, and corruption inhibit economic development and investor confidence. During 2015 the Uganda shilling depreciated 22% against the dollar, and inflation rose from 3% to 9%, which led to the Bank of Uganda hiking interest rates from 11% to 17%. As a result, inflation remained below double digits; however, trade and capital-intensive industries were negatively impacted.
The budget for FY 2015/16 is dominated by energy and road infrastructure spending, while relying on donor support for long-term economic drivers of growth, including agriculture, health, and education. The largest infrastructure projects are externally financed through low-interest concessional loans. As a result, debt servicing for these loans is expected to rise in 2016/2017 by 22% and consume 15% the domestic budget.
$84.93 billion (2016 est.)
$80.92 billion (2015 est.)
$77.21 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
country comparison to the world: 92
$25.61 billion (2015 est.)
4.9% (2016 est.)
4.8% (2015 est.)
4.9% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
$2,100 (2016 est.)
$2,000 (2015 est.)
$2,000 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
country comparison to the world: 203
16.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
15.3% of GDP (2015 est.)
17.7% of GDP (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
household consumption: 73.7%
government consumption: 9.7%
investment in fixed capital: 24.6%
investment in inventories: 0.2%
exports of goods and services: 20.5%
imports of goods and services: -28.7% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 24.5%
industry: 21%
services: 54.4% (2016 est.)
coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (manioc, tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry, and fish
sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production
5% (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
19.03 million (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 32
agriculture: 40%
industry: 10%
services: 50% (2015 est.)
NA%
9.4% (2013 est.)
19.7% (2013 est.)
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 36.1% (2009 est.)
39.5 (2013)
45.7 (2002)
country comparison to the world: 66
revenues: $3.748 billion
expenditures: $5.41 billion (2016 est.)
14.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 193
-6.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 180
35.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
29.6% of GDP (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 131
1 July – 30 June
5.6% (2016 est.)
4% (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 179
14% (December 2014)
17% (30 March 2016)
country comparison to the world: 13
22.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
22.6% (31 December 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
$2.046 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$2.043 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 131
$4.262 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$3.705 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 136
$4.287 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$3.973 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 127
$7.294 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$7.727 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$1.788 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
-$2.23 billion (2016 est.)
-$2.29 billion (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
$2.723 billion (2016 est.)
$2.667 billion (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 131
coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold
Rwanda 10.7%, UAE 9.9%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.8%, Kenya 9.7%, Italy 5.8%, Netherlands 4.8%, Germany 4.7%, China 4.1% (2015)
$4.677 billion (2016 est.)
$4.911 billion (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals
Kenya 16.4%, UAE 15.5%, India 13.4%, China 13.1% (2015)
$2.851 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$2.909 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
note: excludes gold
country comparison to the world: 106
$6.241 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$5.649 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
$NA
$NA
Ugandan shillings (UGX) per US dollar –
3,427 (2016 est.)
3,234.1 (2015 est.)
3,234.1 (2014 est.)
2,599.8 (2013 est.)
2,505.6 (2012 est.)
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Energy :: UGANDA
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3 billion kWh (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 133
2.7 billion kWh (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 138
100 million kWh (2014)
country comparison to the world: 79
50 million kWh (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
711,400 kW (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 134
21% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 194
0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 50
59.9% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 36
19.2% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 204
0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 103
0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
2.5 billion bbl (July 6, 1905)
country comparison to the world: 33
0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 122
27,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 124
0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 138
26,290 bbl/day (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
0 cu m (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
0 cu m (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 204
0 cu m (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
0 cu m (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)
country comparison to the world: 79
2.7 million Mt (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 144
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Communications :: UGANDA
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total subscriptions: 328,811
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 114
total: 20.22 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 54 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
general assessment: mobile cellular service is increasing rapidly, but the number of main lines is still deficient; work underway on a national backbone information and communications technology infrastructure; international phone networks and Internet connectivity provided
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed-line and mobile-cellular systems for short-range traffic; mobile-cellular teledensity about 55 per 100 persons
international: country code – 256; satellite earth stations – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog and digital links to Kenya and Tanzania (2015)
public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and TV networks; Uganda first began licensing privately owned stations in the 1990s; by 2007, there were nearly 150 radio and 35 TV stations, mostly based in and around Kampala; tra (2007)
.ug
total: 7.131 million
percent of population: 19.2% (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
Transnational Issues :: UGANDA
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Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces that extend across its borders; 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
refugees (country of origin): 602,212 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers); 224,098 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 41,167 (Burundi); 38,780 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers); 15,226 (Rwanda) (2016)
IDPs: 30,000 (displaced in northern Uganda because of fighting between government forces and the Lord’s Resistance Army; as of 2011, most of the 1.8 million people displaced to IDP camps at the height of the conflict had returned home or resettled, but many had not found durable solutions; intercommunal violence and cattle raids) (2015)
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