Uganda+Politics

The Politics of Uganda


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 * The Ugandan form of government is a Republic


 * Their constitution was ratified July 12, 1995 and was officially put into law on October 8, 1995.


 * Independence from Britain was attained on October 9, 1962.

Branches of Government:

 * Executive consists of: President, Vice President, Prime Minister, and a cabinet of members.
 * Legislative is comprised of: A parliament.
 * Judicial is made up of: Magistrates' Courts, the High Court, Court of Appeals, and a Supreme Court.

There are 112 district subdivisions in the country of Uganda. There are also 38 registered political parties that include the National Resistance Movement (NRM), which is currently the ruling party, the Democratic Party, Conservative Party, and the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) to name a few.

 __**Joseph Kony's**__ Role in the Ugandan Government & Current News
Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army movement in Uganda. The initial purpose of the LRA was to change the Ugandan form of government to that of a goverment based on the Biblical 10 Commandments because he claims that he receives his instruction form the Holy Spirit. However, after the LRA's original intentions of instilling a new form of government were defeated, they began ravaging homes and abducting children to become sex slaves and children soldiers over the past 20 years. What once began as a political movement is now rampantly becoming a massacre of innocent lives. In 2008, the government scheduled a meeting with Kony to sign a peace treaty with the Ugandan government, but these discussions crumbled after Kony could not guarantee that him and his followers would be free of persecution. Since then, the Ugandan government has ordered regional military units, along with 100 U.S. soldiers, to search for and stop Joseph Kony's reign of terror. Meanwhile, the group Invisible Children have also tried to shed light on the horrors taking place in Uganda and how the U.S. government must work together with the Ugandan government to stop Joseph Kony. Their message to the world and the U.S. government can be found in the video clip below.

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Information Gathered From: [] [|http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2963.htm#profile] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdldABYWHEY

**© 2012 Corey Michael Sharp - Revised April 25th, 2012 ** **Email: cmshar2@ilstu.edu ** **Ph: 309-251-0009 **