GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
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Politics of Uganda
Uganda's passage to independence has been characterized by a number of pitfalls and setbacks to national unity. Provincialism, threats of separatism and absence of countrywide nationalist movement inhibited Britain's attempts to forge a united independent Uganda.
Uganda's fight for self rule saw the formation of various ingenious political parties in early 1950s. The Uganda National Congress (UNC) was formed in 1952, by Ignatius K. Musazi, a man who sought the salvation of his country. Musazi had four objectives in his mind ;
- Unite all the people of Uganda
- Get Independence
- Rise the standards of living of Africans
- Fight for human rights for all the people of Africa.
From then onwards, politics in Uganda took many forms both in composition and and leadership.
There was for example, the Uganda Peoples Congress formed by Milton Obote and composed mailnly of people from the North and East. Overtime, it gained root in Buganda and Western Uganda.UPC was primamrily composed of protestants and supported by teh Church of Uganda.
On the other hand Benedicto Kiwanuka , a stauch Catholic started the Democratic Party (DP) which was composed of mainly Baganda and Catholics from other parts of Uganda.
Jeosh Mayanja Nkangi established what was known as Kabaka Yekka (KY) which was to be transformed and renamed Conservative Party (CP).
Although, these different political organisations were united in calling for immediate independed from the British colonila rule, they were divergent in the way they persevied the leadership of the newly independent Uganda. Consequently, sharp divisions arose and hence hatrade that continued to charactise Uganda's politics up to the overthrow of Milton Obote in 1986.
In a bid to dumpen these rivalrie, the NRM government, on assuming leadership in 1986 banned all forms of political activities. Hence, the Movement one (party) system was introduced that continues to be the form of government untill today.
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