Uganda

• tropical;
• generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August);
• semiarid in northeast

agricultural land:

71.2%;

• arable land 34.3%;
• permanent crops 11.3%;
• permanent pasture 25.6%

forest:

14.5%

other:

14.3% (2011 est.)

total:

0.32 cu km/yr (41%/16%/43%)

per capita:

12.31 cu m/yr (2005)

• draining of wetlands for agricultural use;
• deforestation;
• overgrazing;
• soil erosion;
• water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria;
• widespread poaching

party to:

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified:

Environmental Modification

noun:

Ugandan(s)

adjective:

Ugandan

at birth:

1.03 male(s)/female

0-14 years:

1 male(s)/female

15-24 years:

0.98 male(s)/female

25-54 years:

1 male(s)/female

55-64 years:

0.92 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.79 male(s)/female

total population:

0.99 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

degree of risk:

very high

food or waterborne diseases:

bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases:

malaria, dengue fever, and trypanosomiasis-Gambiense (African sleeping sickness)

water contact disease:

schistosomiasis

animal contact disease:

rabies (2013)

total number:

117,266

percentage:

25%

note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2010 est.)

conventional long form:

Republic of Uganda

conventional short form:

Uganda

name:

Kampala

geographic coordinates:

0 19 N, 32 33 E

time difference:

UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

• several previous;
• latest adopted 27 September 1995, promulgated 8 October 1995;
• amended many times, last in 2005 (2011)

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);
• Prime Minister Amama MBABAZI (since 24 May 2011);
• note - the prime minister assists the president in supervising the cabinet

cabinet:

Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected 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 (limited to 2 terms);
• election last held on 18 February 2011 (next to be held in 2016)

election results:

Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI reelected president; percent of vote - Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (NRM) 68.4%, Kizza BESIGYE (FDC) 26.0%, other 5.6%

description:

unicameral National Assembly or Parliament (338 seats; 238 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 2011 (next to be held in March 2016)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - NRM 263, FDC 34, DP 12, UPC 10, UPDF 10, CP 1, JEEMA 1, independent 43, vacant 1;
• note - UPDF is the Uganda People's Defense Force

highest court(s):

Supreme Court of Uganda (consists of the chief justice and 7 justices)

judge selection and term of office:

• justices appointed by the president in consultation with the Judicial Service Commission (a 9-member independent advisory body) and with approval of 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 10 High Court Circuits and 7 High Court Divisions);
• Chief Magistrate, Grade One and Grade Two Courts

• Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]
• Democratic Party or DP [Norbert MAO]
• Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Muntu MUGISHA]
• Justice Forum or JEEMA [Asuman BASALIRWA]
• National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]
• Peoples Progressive Party or PPP [Bidandi SSALI]
• Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Olara OTUNNU]

• Activists for Change or A4C
• 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

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:

Ambassador Scott H. DELISI (since 29 September 2012)

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

name:

"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty!"

lyrics/music:

George Wilberforce KAKOMOA

note: adopted 1962

agriculture:

82%

industry:

5%

services:

13% (1999 est.)

lowest 10%:

2.4%

highest 10%:

36.1% (2009 est.)

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 through satellite and VSAT applications

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 50 per 100 persons in 2010

international:

• country code - 256;
• satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat;
• analog links to Kenya and Tanzania (2011)

• 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;
• transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available in Kampala (2007)

total:

1,244 km

narrow gauge:

1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

country comparison to the world: 83

total:

20,000 km (excludes local roads)

paved:

3,264 km

unpaved:

16,736 km (2011)

country comparison to the world: 109

• 18-26 years of age for voluntary military duty;
• 18-30 years of age for professionals;
• no conscription;
• 9-year service obligation;
• the government has stated that while recruitment under 18 years of age could occur with proper consent, "no person under the apparent age of 18 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces";
• Ugandan citizenship and secondary education required (2012)

males age 16-49:

7,249,271

females age 16-49:

7,025,439 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49:

4,313,068

females age 16-49:

4,200,901 (2010 est.)

male:

423,923

female:

420,236 (2010 est.)

• 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):

• 190,612 (South Sudan);
• 187,838 (Democratic Republic of Congo);
• 28,005 (Somalia);
• 16,601 (Rwanda);
• 26,106 (Burundi) (2015)

IDPs:

30,136 (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) (2014)