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The Presiding Officer of the Senedd greets delegates from the Ugandan Parliament; 2012. The Parliament of Uganda is the country's unicameral legislative body. The most significant of the Ugandan parliament's functions is to pass laws that will provide good governance in the country.
This is a list of members elected to the eleventh Parliament of Uganda (2021 to 2026) in the 2021 Ugandan general election. It was preceded by the tenth Parliament (2016 to 2021). List of members
The history of Uganda comprises the history of ... The 2016 Ugandan general election was held in Uganda on 18 February 2016 to elect the president and parliament ...
The following is a list of constituencies (electoral districts) of Uganda. [1] There are 353 single-member districts which each elect one member of the Parliament of Uganda . [ 2 ]
6th Parliament (Parliament of Uganda) 1996–2001 James Wapakhabulo Speaker of the Constituent Assembly 1994–1995 [1] [4] Francis Ayume [1] 1996–1998 1998–2001 7th Parliament (Parliament of Uganda) 2001–2006 Edward Ssekandi [1] [5] July 2001–2006 8th Parliament (Parliament of Uganda) 2006–2011 Edward Ssekandi [1] [6] 18 May 2006–2011
The politics of Uganda occurs in an authoritarian context. Since assuming office in 1986 at the end of the Ugandan civil war, Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda as an autocrat. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Political parties were banned from 1986 to 2006 in the wake of the 2005 Ugandan multi-party referendum which was won by pro-democracy forces. [ 1 ]
The first constitution of Uganda was the product of the Ugandan Constitutional Conference and took effect at the moment of independence (9 October 1962). It provided for a system of Parliamentary democracy underpinned by constitutional supremacy. [1]
Until a constitutional referendum in July 2005, only one political organization, the Movement (also called the National Resistance Movement) was allowed to operate in Uganda. The president, who also chairs the Movement, maintained that the Movement was not a political party , but a mass organization that claimed the loyalty of all Ugandans.