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Uganda GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Government: Legal basis of government 1967
Constitution
modified by decrees of the National Resistance Movement
(NRM)
after 1986. The National Resistance Council (NRC) wields
supreme
authority and power as interim government expected to last
until
January 1995. Resistance Councils (RCs) exist on district,
county, subcounty, parish, and village levels, each
elected by
council members of next lower level and by universal
suffrage at
village level.
Administrative Divisions: Uganda divided into 34
districts, 150 counties, and 129 municipal governing
units.
Courts: Legal and court systems heavily
influenced by
British common law and practice, supplemented by Islamic
law and
customary institutions and laws. Supreme Court of Uganda
highest
court, below which are series of appeals courts; civil
disputes
in hands of local resistance committees.
Politics: Two main parties, Uganda People's
Congress
(UPC) and Democratic Party (DP). Organized political
activity
suspended in 1986. In February 1989, elections held for
all
resistance councils, including some seats on NRC.
Foreign Relations: Nonaligned foreign policy;
enthusiastic supporter of African and regional economic
and
political cooperation. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
elected
chair of
Organization of African Unity (OAU) in July 1990.
Data as of December 1990
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