ve branch: unicameral National Assembly (276 members - 214
directly elected by popular vote, 62 nominated by legally
established special interest groups and approved by the president -
women 39, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 3; members serve
five-year terms)

elections: last held 27 June 1996 (next to be held May or June
2001);

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NA; note - election campaigning by party was not permitted

Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the
president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are
appointed by the president)

Political parties and leaders: only one political organization, the
National Resistance Movement or NRM [President MUSEVENI, chairman]
is allowed to operate unfettered; note - the president maintains
that the NRM is not a political party, but a movement which claims
the loyalty of all Ugandans

note: the new constitution requires the suspension of political
parties while the Movement system is in governanace; of the
political parties that exist but are prohibited from sponsoring
candidates, the most important are the Ugandan People's Congress or
UPC [Milton OBOTE]; Democratic Party or DP [Paul SSEMOGERERE];
Conservative Party or CP [Joshua S. MAYANJA-NKANGI]; Justice Forum
[Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA]; and National Democrats Forum [Chapaa
KARUHANGA]

Political pressure groups and leaders: NA

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, EADB,
ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO
(correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
Edith Grace SSEMPALA

chancery: 5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011

telephone: [1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416

FAX: [1] (202) 726-1727

Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
Martin G. BRENNAN

embassy: Parliament Avenue, Kampala

mailing address: P. O. Box 7007, Kampala

telephone: [256] (41) 259792, 259793, 259795

FAX: [256] (41) 259794

Flag description: 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 hoist side

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