parties and leaders:
only party - National Resistance Movement (NRM); note - the Uganda Patriotic
Movement (UPM), Ugandan People's Congress (UPC), Democratic Party (DP), and
Conservative Party (CP) are all proscribed from conducting public political
activities
Suffrage:
universal at age 18
Elections:
National Resistance Council:
last held 11-28 February 1989 (next to be held by January 1995); results -
NRM was the only party; seats - (278 total, 210 indirectly elected) 210
members elected without party affiliation
Other political or pressure groups:
Uganda People's Front (UPF), Uganda People's Christian Democratic Army
(UPCDA), Ruwenzori Movement
Member of:
ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, EADB, ECA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA,
IDB, IFAD, IFC, IGADD, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM,
OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Stephen Kapimpina KATENTA-APULI; 5909 16th Street NW, Washington,
DC 20011; telephone (202) 726-7100 through 7102
US:
Ambassador Johnnie CARSON; Embassy at Parliament Avenue, Kampala (mailing
address is P. O. Box 7007, Kampala); telephone [256] (41) 259792, 259793,
259795

:Uganda Government

Flag:
six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and
red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested
crane (the national symbol) facing the staff side

:Uganda Economy

Overview:
Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular
rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt. The economy has
been devastated by widespread political instability, mismanagement, and
civil war since independence in 1962, keeping Uganda poor with a per capita
income of about $300. (GDP remains below the levels of the early 1970s, as
does industrial production.) Agriculture is the most important sector of the
economy, employing over 80% of the work force. Coffee is the major export
crop and accounts for the bulk of export revenues. Since 1986 the government
has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency
reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing petroleum
prices, and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially
aimed at dampening inflation, whi