";s:4:"text";s:5343:" Though the result was decisive, the election had been vigorously contested between Museveni and a former NRM colleague, Dr Kizza Besigye (28 per cent). Currently, Uganda is a presidential republic. General Statistics / Facts Official Name: Republic of Uganda Capital: Kampala Area: 236,580 sq km, 93,065 sq mile Population: approximately 31,367,972, (2008 est) – Population growth rate 3.60 % Language: Official language is English and is spoken by most reasonably You climb up a railway instead of a beanstalk, and at the end there is a wonderful new world,” wrote Uganda obtained formal independence on October 9, 1962. Okello’s government was ousted and Museveni became President, with Dr Samson Kisekka as Prime Minister and a broad-based cabinet of civilians. Categories The Buganda people traded with the Arabs, who introduced cloth, guns, gunpowder, and Islam.The Bunyoro people also tried to keep up with international trade, as the Buganda got richer and received weapons, whereas they were lacking behind.One interesting thing that happened in this period, and that had an immense impact on the Bunyoro kingdom later, was the arrival of Samuel Baker to Bonyoro territory.He was sent by Egypt on a military expedition to suppress the slave trade, and start commerce and civilization there.The Bonyoro fought Baker and as Baker retreated he considered this an act of treachery. In April Kampala was taken, but Amin managed to escape to Saudi Arabia. Uganda has a long history, but few records of early settlement, although the country seems to have been inhabited very early.
He was a sergeant in Uganda, and in 1971 he staged a coup in Uganda. In 1896, protectorate control was extended to Bunyoro, Ankole and Toro, and the British extended Buganda’s administrative system to these societies. Categories They had clan chiefs and governed small groups of people.By the end of 1000 AC, those groups of people led by a chief grew to larger states of over a million people!The five main kingdoms that emerged in Uganda were the Bunyoro (west), Buganda (central, Kampala region), Busoga (east of Kampala), Ankole (southwest) and Toro kingdoms (also southwest, but more North than Ankole). (The kingdoms were restored in 1993, and the 1995 constitution has a provision on traditional leaders. Prehistory of Uganda.
Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Idi Amin was known for coming to power as president of Idi Amin was in power from January 1971 until April 1979.Amin ruled directly, shunning the delegation of power. Who, just as any other girl next door loves traveling.
Uganda, on the equator and surrounded by the great lakes of central Africa, is one of the last parts of the continent to be reached by outsiders.
However, this did not satisfy the NRA and its allies.The NRA occupied Kampala in January 1986. And he accused Asians of being disloyal and having bad commercial practices.Most of the shops, homes, cars, and other properties the Asians left behind were seized by Amin’s army, rather than being given to the ethnic Uganda people.Some other consequences of Amin’s regime include the expropriation of the Jews and intellectuals, destroying things such as books, glasses, and chess sets.Another negative effect of his regime was on the wildlife population in Uganda. In 1961 a general election returned Benedicto Kiwanuka’s Democratic Party. The History of Uganda is divided into 2 periods: Pre and Post Independence. National Parks such as Amin also changed the names of streets, national parks, and other landmarks to Ugandan names instead of the English names such as Murchison Falls to the This period of the history of Uganda is known as a period of murder, destruction, rape, and war. Obote was overthrown by his own Uganda National Liberation Army in a coup led by General Tito Lutwa Okello in July 1985, who then became President.