Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Uganda Legislative Council (LEGCO) was the predecessor of the Parliament of Uganda, prior to Uganda's independence from the United Kingdom. LEGCO was small to start with and all its members were Europeans. Its legislative powers were limited, since all important decisions came from the British Government in Whitehall.
Following the overthrow of Idi Amin in April 1979, a new legislative body known as the Uganda Legislative Council was established. With an initial membership of 30, the membership was later increased to 120. This was the Third Parliament and was chaired by Edward Rugumayo. This legislative body continued to function until the general elections ...
Frances Akello, member of the Uganda Legislative Council; Angelina Atyam, human rights activist; Apolo Kivebulaya, Anglican evangelist and priest;
After the 1958 general election in Uganda, seven unaffiliated members of the Uganda Legislative Council (which was in effect Parliament in those colonial days), formed the Uganda People's Union. In 1960, the UNC party split into a Musaazi faction and an Apollo Milton Obote-led faction.
After Uganda had been colonised in 1894 as a British Protectorate, the British rulers introduced the Legislative Council (Legco) in 1921, whose overall mission was to enact appropriate laws for the Protectorate. [1] [2] However it was not until 1945 that the first 3 indigenous Ugandans were allowed to sit in the Legco. [2]
General elections were held in Uganda between 20 and 24 October 1958. [1] They were the first elections to the Legislative Council, and were boycotted by the Ganda.The result was a victory for the Uganda National Congress, which won five of the ten seats.
No Legislative Arm of Government 1971–1979 3rd Parliament (National Consultative Council) 1979–1980 Edward Rugumayo (Chairman) [1] [3] 1979–1980 4th Parliament (National Assembly) 1980–27 July 1985 Francis K. Butagira [1] 23 December 1980–27 July 1985 5th Parliament (National Resistance Council) 1986–1996 Yoweri Museveni [1] (Chairman)
Uganda Legislative Council This page was last edited on 11 February 2024, at 23:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...