Basic Structure of Ugandan Government
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The government of Uganda follows this basic structure:
- National Government
- President (elected by the people for six year term1)
- Cabinet (appointed by the President)
- Parliament elected by constituency, mainly counties, known as MPs)
- MPs for marginal groups (limited number for army, disabled, women, etc.)
- Local Government Divisions
- District (rough equivalent to a U.S. state)
- County (usually 3 to 5 make up a district)
- Sub-county (usually 2 to 3 make up a county)
- Parish (usually around 10 make up a sub-county)
- Sub-parish (usually 2 make up a parish)
- Local Officials (Locally elected)
- LC 5 (oversees a district, roughly equivalent to a U.S. Governor)
- LC 4 (serves county area but as the MP with few if any local duties)
- LC 3 (oversees sub-county area)
- LC 2 (oversees parish)
- LC 1 (oversees sub-parish)
- Other Terms
- NGO = Non Governmental Organization (like U.S. Non-profit)
- Notes:
President Museveni served from 1986 to 1996 as a benevolent dictator when a democratic constitution was enacted. Since then, he has served two six year terms as duly elected president. Then parliament amended the constitution to allow him a third term. There are many who believe that Uganda will cease to make progress when Museveni is no longer president. Whether or not this is true, remains to be seen. However, it is clear that most of Sub-Saharan Africa is in the plight it is in due to the inability to replace responsive government with equally responsive government. So many who have come to power in the last fifty years have used that power to enrich themselves and to crush any dissent.
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