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	Basic Constitutional Provisions: Relevant Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Uganda shall be divided into as many constituencies for the purpose of election of members of Parliament as Parliament may prescribe; and each constituency shall be represented by one member of Parliament.
		The executive authority of Uganda is vested in the President and shall be exercised in accordance with this Constitution and the laws of Uganda.
		A member of the Commission may be removed from office by the President only for (a) inability to perform the functions of his or her office arising out of physical or mental incapacity; (b) misbehaviour or misconduct; or (c) incompetence.
	www.eueomuganda.org /?jc=Rules (1592 words)

	Uganda, Landmine Monitor Report 2004
		Uganda has not participated in extensive States Parties discussions on matters of interpretation and implementation related to Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the Mine Ban Treaty, dealing with the issues of joint military operations with non-States Parties, antivehicle mines with sensitive fuzes or antihandling devices, and the permissible number of mines retained for training.
		Uganda is not known to have exported antipersonnel mines, and a factory official claimed it never sold the landmines it produced.
		Uganda reports that MRE has been instrumental in providing the army with information about mines and UXO to be removed, with the amount of mines/UXO reported and recovered rising from 31 in 2001 to 111 in 2002.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2004/uganda (7791 words)

	Amnesty International Report 2002 - Africa - UGANDA
		A Constitutional Review Commission was established in February to review the Constitution and issues of concern including freedom of association and the abolition of the death penalty.
		Uganda withdrew most of its troops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in accordance with the 1999 Lusaka peace agreement.
		In accordance with the 1999 peace agreement between Uganda and Sudan, Ugandan children abducted by the LRA and held in LRA camps in Sudan continued to be returned and resettled in Uganda throughout 2001.
	web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/afr/uganda!Open (1094 words)

	AEGiS: Uganda
		Uganda was one of the first countries to recognize and respond to the AIDS epidemic.
		U.S. citizens living in or planning to visit Uganda should be aware of threats to their safety from insurgent groups, particularly in the northern region near the border with Sudan, and the western region near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
		Uganda is one of the very few countries that have succeeded in reversing HIV prevalence rates.
	www.aegis.com /countries/uganda.html (1186 words)

	History of Uganda
		Thereafter, Uganda was ruled by a military commission chaired by Paulo Muwanga.
		Observers believed that the 2001 presidential and parliamentary elections generally reflected the will of the electorate; however, both were marred by serious irregularities, particularly in the period leading up to the elections, such as restrictions on political party activities, incidents of violence, voter intimidation, and fraud.
		Uganda and Sudan have resumed diplomatic relations and exchanged Ambassadors; however, Uganda continues to accuse Sudan of supporting the LRA.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/uganda.html (1172 words)

	Uganda High Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Uganda has learnt valuable lessons from its past, and is using that experience to build and safeguard the future.
		The Government of Uganda has gone a long way in stabilizing the economic and social welfare of her people, which have contributed to her economic growth with an average of 5-7% of GDP for over a decade.
		Uganda congratulates Kenya for being a peace maker and broker to her destabilized neighbours especially Somalia which is about to have a government after nearly 14 years without any democratically elected government.
	www.ugandahighcommission.co.ke /newsletter/013_5.htm (708 words)

	Uganda (11/06)
		Uganda's population is predominately rural, and its population density highest in the southern regions.
		Uganda maintains an embassy in the United States at 5909 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011 (tel.
		Another rebel group operating in western Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the Rwenzori Mountains, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), emerged as a localized threat in 1996 and inflicted substantial suffering on the population in the area.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2963.htm (3661 words)

	Uganda
		Uganda held its first presidential election under the 1995 Constitution on May 9, 1996, followed by parliamentary elections on June 27, 1996.
		Uganda's population is predominately rural, and its density is highest in the southern regions.
		A constitutional commission was named to draft a new constitution, which was debated and ratified by a popularly elected constituent assembly on July 12, 1995 and promulgated by President Museveni on October 8, 1995.
	clinton2.nara.gov /Africa/uganda.html (2343 words)

	Educate! - Students Helping Educate Africa - News - Prospective Educate! Student Daniel Devito on Ugandan Pollitics
		Museveni is alleged to have bribed the parliament with five million Ugandan shillings in order to lift the presidential term limits, so that he can run for a "third" term, as he calls it.
		He breaks the laws of the electoral commission, like campaigning at night (he addressed a rally in Mityana at 9pm, three hours after the limit) and bribing voters (he recently gave a band of youth 100,000 Ugandan shillings each to vote for him).
		The current leadership in Uganda is an example of how leaders control and manipulate values that are important to others, like honesty and constitutionalism.
	www.educateafrica.org /News/DevitoOnUgandanPoliticshtm.htm (851 words)

	Uganda's presidential elections to be held February 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Uganda's presidential elections to be held February 23
		Kampala - Campaigning for Uganda's presidential and parliamentary elections, which are scheduled to be held on February 23, began on Friday, the Electoral Commission announced.
		Six presidential candidates including the incumbent Yoweri Museveni and the leading opposition politician, retired army colonel Kizza Besigye who is on trial for criminal offences, will be contesting the presidency.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /africa/printer_1069728.php (134 words)

	Uganda
		Uganda held its first presidential election under the 1995Constitution on May 9, 1996, followed by parliamentary elections on June 27, 1996.
		Uganda's population ispredominately rural, and its density is highest in the southern regions.
		A constitutional commission was named to draft a new constitution, which wasdebated and ratified by a popularly elected constituent assembly on July 12, 1995 andpromulgated by President Museveni on October 8, 1995.
	clinton4.nara.gov /Africa/uganda.html (2195 words)

	Legal FrameWork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ugandaâs institutions are shaped by the âexecutive presidency.â Among other roles the President acts as the Head of State, Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
		The Electoral Commission is also responsible for overseeing the campaign, including the use of Government resources and media coverage of the elections.
		In addition to these laws, the Commissioner of Elections is vested with the power of issuing a series of guidelines establishing procedures for the administration of the elections such as guidelines for the rights and entitlements of observers, the campaign as well as polling and counting procedures.
	www.eueomuganda.org /?jc=Legal (698 words)

	Milton Obote Summary
		Milton Obote was born at Akokoro village in Lango territory in the northern part of the British Uganda Protectorate in 1925.
		In Uganda's first direct elections later that year, Obote won the seat by a wide margin, and his rise in Ugandan politics was under way.
		In accord with Uganda's constitution, agreed to by the British prior to independence, Obote appointed the ruler of Buganda to the largely ceremonial office of president of Uganda.
	www.bookrags.com /Milton_Obote (1596 words)

	Uganda
		Uganda, with a population of 26.4 million, is a republic led by President Yoweri Museveni, who continued to dominate the government.
		The 2001 presidential and parliamentary elections generally reflected the will of the electorate; however, both were marred by serious irregularities.
		The presidential election generally reflected the will of the population; however, there were many complaints of irregularities prior to and on day of the election, particularly regarding the voting process.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61598.htm (13818 words)

	CNS STORY: In Uganda, church works to ensure clean presidential election
		KAMPALA, Uganda (CNS) -- As Ugandan elections approached, the Catholic Church and Christian groups took a leading role in trying to ensure that the presidential candidate chosen by the people is the candidate who actually wins.
		Patrick Okumu, a Catholic volunteer for the Ugandan Joint Christian Council and a graduate student in human rights at Kampala's Makerere University, was at the Christian council's offices Feb. 20 as workers prepared to send white bibs with the words "Election Monitor" to nearly 20,000 people, one for every polling station in the country.
		Uganda also became embroiled in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and recently was ordered to pay billions of dollars in reparations for looting the country.
	www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/0601041.htm (787 words)

	Uganda Country Page
		Considering the nascent stage of development of many of Uganda's political parties, the institute believes it is imperative to include women in decision-making processes and install them as political party leaders from the very beginning stages of party development.
		While both presidential and legislative elections were held in 2001, the government continued to promote the Movement system, and most executive and legislative power was vested in officials who advocate Movement political views.
		As Uganda looks forward, the political parties have shifted their focus towards the next election cycle, planned for 2011, when presidential, legislative, and municipal/local council elections are expected.
	www.iri.org /africa/uganda.asp (1415 words)

	eGovernment for Development - Uganda Voter Registration Case Study
		The database was supposed to be maintained on a mainframe at the Interim Electoral Commission headquarters, which would be connected to District Electoral Commission offices through the Internet.
		The stated purpose behind the application was to weed out impostors who voted in the names of the dead and absentee voters, and to avoid double registration of voters, which was rampant in the country.
		One key stakeholder in the process was the Interim Electoral Commission, which some have seen as implicated in some of the shortcomings of the system.
	www.egov4dev.org /iecuganda.htm (750 words)

	uganda witness.org - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Uganda’s thousands of NGOs are recognised in the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) for delivering health care, education, water and sanitation, and a massive range of services that government is unable to provide.
		Uganda Witness allows you to report and discuss human rights abuses, click on the links to Witness Reports to go to the discussion groups.
		Uganda Witness is a non-profit organisation which aims to collect first-hand reports on human rights, corruption, and governance issues in Uganda.
	www.ugandawitness.org (901 words)

	Uganda - Amnesty International
		In November, four members of parliament from northern Uganda were reportedly beaten by soldiers, allegedly to prevent them holding consultative meetings on the constitutional proposals.
		The Commission held the government liable for violating the survivor’s rights to liberty and protection from torture and ill-treatment.
		Despite calls for its abolition, the Constitutional Review Commission recommended that the death penalty be retained and should remain mandatory for the crimes of murder, aggravated robbery, kidnapping with intent to murder, and rape of minors below the age of 15.
	web.amnesty.org /report2005/uga-summary-eng (1275 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Constitution formally extended Uganda's one-party "movement" form of government for 5 years and severely restricted political party activities, with a national referendum on the role of multiple political parties scheduled for the year 2000.
		In June and July, separate generally peaceful and orderly presidential and parliamentary elections were held; Museveni was elected President by a wide margin, and NRM supporters won an overwhelming majority of seats in the new Parliament.
		Among them are: The FHRI; the Uganda chapter of FIDA; the UPAF, which monitors prison conditions; the National Organization for Civic Education and Elections Monitoring, which deals with concerns related to civil society and political rights; and the National Women's Organization of Uganda.
	www.usemb.se /human/1996/africa/uganda.html (7714 words)

	Uganda - Commission on Human Rights
		The report of the High Commissioner (E/CN.4/2002/86, 9 November 2001) reflects the work and findings of a mission that was undertaken by the OHCHR to assess the situation on the ground with regard to the abduction of children from northern Uganda.
		The report also notes that at the time of the OHCHR mission, mixed messages from the political leadership were being reported in the media which tended to undermine the peace process and exacerbate hostility between the two countries.
		The High Commissioner stated that the challenge remains to identify means to provide sufficient protection to the population from the continuing threat posed by the LRA in order to allow those in the camps to return to their place of origin and improve their living conditions.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2002/vol2/ugandachr.htm (1167 words)

	Commonwealth Secretariat - Uganda Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 2006 - Report of the Commonwealth Observer ...
		This is the Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group which was present for the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Uganda, held on 23 February 2006.
		The Group's report is reproduced here in the form in which it was signed by the Observers prior to their departure from Kampala on 3 March 2006.
		During the following week he sent it to the President of Uganda, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Uganda, the Secretaries-General of the main political parties and Commonwealth governments.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /document/35144/149671/uganda.htm (169 words)

	GlobaLex - Uganda’s Legal System and Legal Sector
		The main institutions as established by the Uganda Constitution of 1995 include the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, the Judiciary, the Parliament, the Uganda Police Force, the Uganda Law Reform Commission, the Uganda Human Rights Commission.
		The Uganda Law Reform Commission was established in 1990 by the Uganda Law Reform Commission Statute 1990, replacing the Law Reform/Revision of the Ministry of Justice, which had been set up administratively in 1975.
		The task of the commission is to reform and revise the laws of
	www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/uganda.htm (2422 words)

	Uganda High Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On February 23, 2006, we held presidential and parliamentary elections based on multipartyism.
		I thank the people of Uganda for, again, putting trust in the NRM and me. We led you through decades of struggle against the killers and we have led you through the phase of reconstruction and resistance against externally supported terrorism.
		All the same, the talk of a GDP size of $10 for a country like Uganda with a size of the UK and a population of 28 million is still a joke.
	www.ugandahighcommission.co.ke /newsletter/016_2.htm (1592 words)

	EnterUganda Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bank of Uganda is concerned with the monetary policy whereas the Ministry of Finance is concerned with the fiscal policy of the country.
		Bank of Uganda functions ensure that Ugandan currency is stable by inter alia, determining the amount of currency in circulation.
		The question of the national language remained unresolved by the Constituent Assembly because it was decided that Uganda was not yet ready to have one.
	www.enteruganda.com /constitution/guidelines.php (2581 words)

	uga006 "Uganda needs to re-affirm human rights commitment"
		On 14 March, the chairman of Uganda's Electoral Commission declared incumbent President, Yoweri Museveni, the winner of Presidential elections held in Uganda on 12 March 2001.
		The Ugandan presidential elections was seen as a test to the assumptions that political freedoms is a commodity enjoyed by many here and that democracy is a concept that has taken root in the country.
		Action has also been prompt by the Electoral Commission, immediately appealing to the Besigye Task Force to provide it with details of its accusations so they could be properly investigated. This week, a number of officers were arrested in polling stations where irregularities had been reported.
	www.afrol.com /News2001/uga006_hrights_reaffirm.htm (789 words)

	Uganda - NICI Policy
		Uganda has not yet established a national information policy, however a number of institutions have been at the centre of computer networking in the country.
		In December 1997, a workshop which brought together government officials, universities, NGOs, the private sector, and users and developers of ICTs, was held in Uganda to determine the vision for Acacia in Uganda, to formulate the national strategy, and to establish the basis for partnership formation.
		The Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL) is providing the telecommunication link to Nakaseke, waiving the justification in terms of economic potential and financial viability normally required.
	www.uneca.org /aisi/nici/country_profiles/uganda/uganpol.htm (1302 words)

	afrol News - Uganda News
		In a country where a sodomy conviction carries a penalty of life imprisonment and homosexuals are stigmatised and harassed by government officials, the tabloid's move had been irresponsible.
		In Kenya and Uganda, both the government and local church communities are strongly homophobic.
		Her rendition is a crowd pleaser, attracting applause and shouts of "you go, girl!" from her fellow revellers.
	www.afrol.com /countries/uganda/news (1091 words)

	CNN.com - Uganda leader's victory challenged - Feb 25, 2006
		Official results from Uganda's electoral commission on Saturday showed that Museveni -- in power for 20 years -- garnered 59.28 percent of the vote, held on Thursday.
		He said his party has decided to "reject the results announced by the electoral commission" and will decide on "further action once we have our results," referring to a parallel vote tally conducted by the opposition.
		The vote was the nation's first multi-party presidential elections in 25 years.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/africa/02/25/uganda.elections (427 words)

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