ta MUSEVENI elected president;
percent of vote--Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI 74%, Paul Kawanga
SSEMOGERERE 24%, Muhammad MAYANJA 2%

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (276 members--214
directly elected by popular vote, 62 nominated by legally
established special interest groups and approved by the
president--women 39, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 3; members
serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 27 June 1996 (next to be held NA 2001);
election results: NA; note--election campaigning by party was not
permitted

Judicial branch: Court of Appeal, judges are appointed by the
president; High Court, judges are appointed by the president

Political parties and leaders: only one political organization,
chairman] is recognized; note--this is the party of President
MUSEVENI; the president maintains that the NRM is not a political
party, but a movement which claims the loyalty of all Ugandans
note: of the political parties that exist but are prohibited from
sponsoring candidates, the most important are the Ugandan People's
MAYANJA-NKANGI]; the new constitution requires the suspension of
political party activity until a referendum is held on the matter in
2000

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC,
EADB, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO
(correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Edith Grace SSEMPALA
chancery: 5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Nancy J. POWELL
embassy: Parliament Avenue, Kampala
mailing address: P. O. Box 7007, Kampala

Flag description: six equal horizontal bands of black (top),
yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at
the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol)
facing the hoist side

Economy

Economy--overview: Uganda has substantial natural resources,
including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral
deposits of copper and cobalt. Agriculture is the most important
sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force. Coffee
is the major export crop and accounts for the bulk of export
revenues. S