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 Location:
Uganda lies between the two arms of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. It is crossed by the equator. It lies between latitudes 4 degrees 12" north and 1 degree 29" south and longitudes 29 degrees 5" and 25" east. It is roughly the same in size to Great Britain, Ghana or the state of Oregon in the United States of America. It is bordered by Kenya to the East, Sudan to the North, DRC to the West and Tanzania and Rwanda to the south.
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 People and Culture:
Uganda is a study in cultural diversity. To talk about one Ugandan
culture is therefore wrong. Uganda has diverse cultural groups speaking
over thirty different languages. The people can be classified into the
following broad categories, the Bantu, the Nilotics, the Madi-Okoru or
the Sudanic speaking and the Pygmoid people.
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 The present government in Uganda is that of the Movement or no-party with Yoweri Museveni as the executive President.
He was first elected by universal adult suffrage in 1996.
The Executive:
This is headed by the president.
The president is deputised by the vice president. Below the vice president is the Prime Minister. Cabinet ministers follow the Prime Minister in hierarchy. Cabinet ministers are deputised by state ministers. Read on:
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 The political history of Uganda is long and complex. From the "Cradle of Civilization" to present date, Uganda's history has been both varied and fascinating. This section attempts to give a chronological account of Uganda's political history.
Broken down as below; Before Colonisation, Political Turmoil due to contact with Foreigners, The Imperial British East African Company, Mwanga and Kabalega's Resistance, The 1900 Buganda Agreement, Economic reasons for Colonisation, Colonial Education, The Ist Resistance Movements, The Deportation of the Kabaka, Uganda National Congress, The Democratic Party, Uganda People's Union, Uganda National Movement, Uganda People's Congress, The 1961 Elections, Kabaka Yekka, Independence, The 1966 Crisis, Amin's Coup, Uganda National Liberation Front, Uganda Patriotic Movement, The Conservative Party, The Obote II Regime, The National Reistance Movement. Read on:
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