El marc polític d'Uganda

Political Outline

Current Political Leaders: President - Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (since 29 January 1986)
Prime Minister - Robinah Nabbanja (since 21 June 2021)
Next Election Dates: Presidential: 2026
Legislative: January 2026
Main Political Parties: In 2005, Ugandans held a referendum and voted for a return to multi-party politics. Before that, only one political organisation, the National Resistance Movement, was allowed to operate in the country.
However, the National Resistance Movement (also known simply as the Movement) is still the ruling political party in Uganda. The party was originally founded as a liberation movement to oppose dictatorial regimes. In the 2021 general election, the Movement obtained 336 out of 529 seats.
Other major parties include the National Unity Platform (the main opposition party, centre-left, with 57 seats in the Parliament), the Forum for Democratic Change (opposition party, centre-right, 32 seats); the Democratic Party (moderate conservative, with 9 seats in the Parliament) and the Uganda People's Congress (which also holds 9 seats in the Parliament).
Other minor parties in the country are: Justice Forum (JEEMA), People's Progressive Party (PPP), and Alliance for National Transformation (ANT).
Executive Power: The Ugandan President holds executive power; he assumes the functions of head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The President is responsible for the appointment of Cabinet, as well as the implementation and enforcement of laws drafted by Parliament. The president is elected for a five-year term, with the possibility of reelection without any term limits.
Legislative Power: According to the 1995 Constitution, legislative power in Uganda is vested in both the government and the unicameral Parliament. The term of Parliament is five years, though an earlier attempt to extend it to seven years was later invalidated by the Constitutional Court. Currently, the Ugandan Parliament is composed of 556 members: 353 are elected through first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, 146 are reserved for women district representatives, and the remaining 30 seats are allocated to special interest groups. These include 10 representatives from the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, 5 from youth, 5 from people with disabilities, 5 from workers' unions, and 5 from older persons. Each of these groups must elect at least one woman, except for the Defence Forces group, which must have at least two women.

Indicator of Freedom of the Press

The world rankings, published annually, measures violations of press freedom worldwide. It reflects the degree of freedom enjoyed by journalists, the media and digital citizens of each country and the means used by states to respect and uphold this freedom. Finally, a note and a position are assigned to each country. To compile this index, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) prepared a questionnaire incorporating the main criteria (44 in total) to assess the situation of press freedom in a given country. This questionnaire was sent to partner organisations,150 RWB correspondents, journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists. It includes every kind of direct attacks against journalists and digital citizens (murders, imprisonment, assault, threats, etc.) or against the media (censorship, confiscation, searches and harassment etc.).

World Rank:: 125/180

Indicator of Political Freedom

Definition

Definition:

The Indicator of Political Freedom provides an annual evaluation of the state of freedom in a country as experienced by individuals. The survey measures freedom according to two broad categories: political rights and civil liberties. The ratings process is based on a checklist of 10 political rights questions (on Electoral Process, Political Pluralism and Participation, Functioning of Government) and 15 civil liberties questions (on Freedom of Expression, Belief, Associational and Organizational Rights, Rule of Law, Personal Autonomy and Individual Rights). Scores are awarded to each of these questions on a scale of 0 to 4, where a score of 0 represents the smallest degree and 4 the greatest degree of rights or liberties present. The total score awarded to the political rights and civil liberties checklist determines the political rights and civil liberties rating. Each rating of 1 through 7, with 1 representing the highest and 7 the lowest level of freedom, corresponds to a range of total scores.

Ranking:: Partly Free
Political Freedom:: 6/7

Political freedom in the world (interactive map)
Source: Freedom in the World Report, Freedom House

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