This, however, could not prevent a victory for Museveni’s NRA, and Museveni became president on January 29, 1986. While a new constitution was being drafted, an indirectly elected National Resistance Council, dominated by the NRM, acted as the national legislature. Museveni in office Domestic...
President: Yoweri Museveni (1986) Prime Minister: Ruhakana Rugunda (2014) Land area: 77,108 sq mi (199,710 sq km); total area: 91,135 sq mi (236,040 sq km) Population (2014 est.): 35,918,915 (growth rate: 3.24%); birth rate: 44.17/1000; infant mortality rate: 60.82/1000; ...
Museveni won democratic, nonpartisan elections in 1994, and again in 1996. International leaders saw the 1996 elections as Uganda's final step towards rehabilitation, and U.S. President Bill Clinton visited the country. At the end of the twentieth century, Uganda had set up new economic ...
At the school in rural Uganda where my daughter taught, there were two pictures on the walls of her classroom, those of President Museveni of Uganda and Barack Obama—and that was nine months ago. The world has been hoping for Barack Obama for a long time. Last night was historic, but...
I have a simple rule; emulate success where ever it exists. An old teacher of mind had a good line- "something is good if it works." That old school tribal nonsense favored by the likes of borderline tyrants such as like Mugabe, Uganda's Yoweri Museveni, Kenya's Mwai Kibaki,and Suda...
The foundation stone is laid in the presence of the former Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegn and some African leaders, including President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda in April 2018. Land is endowed. Concept paper is written. Local and international conferences conducted on the subject. ...
Yoweri Museveni, the new president, refused to allow political parties until 2005. At present, Uganda is still mainly an agricultural country and its main export is coffee. The economy of Uganda is steadily growing and there is always a reason to be optimistic about its future. Currently, the...