Private sector investment, largely financed by private transfers from abroad, was The Ugandan Government also has worked with donor countries to reschedule or cancel substantial portions of the country's external debts.
Exports of hides, skins, vegetables, fruits, cut flowers, and fish are growing, and cotton, tea, and tobacco continue to be mainstays. Most industry is related to agriculture. The industrial sector is being rehabilitated to resume production of building and construction materials, such as cement, reinforcing rods, corrugated roofing sheets, and paint.
Domestically produced consumer goods include plastics, soap, cork, beer, and soft drinks. Uganda has about 30, kilometers 18, mi. Most radiate from Kampala.
The country has about 1, kilometers mi. Uganda's important road and rail links to Mombasa serve its transport needs and. An international airport is at Entebbe on the shore of Lake Victoria, some 32 kilometers 20 mi. In , persistent security problems and increasingly difficult operating circumstances forced withdrawal of U.
Peace Corps volunteers and the termination of bilateral U. In November , after repeated public threats against U. Government property and personnel, the embassy was closed. In , Congress legislated an embargo of all U. S trade with Uganda. Relations improved after Amin's fall. In mid, the United States reopened its embassy in Kampala. Relations with successor governments were cordial, although Obote and his administration rejected strong U. Bilateral relations between the United States and Uganda have been good since Museveni assumed power, and the United States has welcomed his efforts to end human rights abuses and to pursue economic reform.
At the same time, the United States remains concerned about continuing human rights problems and the pace of progress toward the establishment of political pluralism. The U. Information Agency has carried out a cultural exchange program aiding the National Theater and other cultural institutions, bringing Fulbright professors to teach at Makerere University, and sponsoring U.
Peace Corps maintains volunteers in the country working in small enterprise development, natural resources management, and education. Significant contributions to Ugandan health care, nutrition, education, and park systems from U. This is historical material, "frozen in time. Cities: Capital--Kampala pop. Other cities--Jinja, Mbale, Mbarara. People : Nationality: Noun and adjective--Ugandan s. Population : 19 million. Annual growth rate : 2.
Life expectancy yrs. Government : Type: No-party "Movement" system. Independence: October 9, Administrative subdivisions: 45 districts 6 recently authorized. Suffrage: Universal adult. National holiday: Independence Day, Oct. Inflation rate December : Approx. Natural resources: Copper, cobalt, limestone. Bantu peoples were engaged in agriculture from BC. In the fertile south and west, powerful kingdoms developed, including the Bunyoro and Buganda kingdoms. Various Europeans began to arrive in the 19th century.
Although control of the country passed to the British Colonial Office in , Uganda, in some respects, was never fully colonised, as non-Africans were not allowed to acquire freeholds. The gradual transfer of power to the local people began in Milton Obote served as prime minister between and In the country became a unitary republic, with Obote as president. The kingdoms were abolished and the president became head of the executive as well as head of state.
Obote remained in power until , when he was ousted by army general Idi Amin. In Amin was overthrown and he fled the country, dying in exile in Saudi Arabia in Obote was overthrown in a coup in by the national army.
All high court judges are appointed by the president whereas the judges of the Court of Appeal are appointed by the President but approved by the legislature.
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