tors election results: Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI elected
president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI 69.3%,
Kizza BESIGYE 27.8% elections: president reelected by popular vote for
a five-year term; election last held 12 March 2001 (next to be held NA
2006); note - first popular election for president since independence
in 1962 was held in 1996; prime minister appointed by the president

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (303 members - 214
directly elected by popular vote, 81 nominated by legally established
special interest groups [women 56, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5],
8 ex officio members; members serve five-year terms) election results:
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; note - election
campaigning by party was not permitted elections: last held 26 June 2001
(next to be held May or June 2006);

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 organization is in governance;
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, 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 FAX: [1] (202)
[1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416 chancery:
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
Martin G. BRENNAN embassy: Ggaba, Plot 1577, Kampala mailing address:
P. O. Box 7007, K