UGANDA

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UGANDA
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Geography
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• Uganda is located on the East African plateau,
  lying mostly between latitudes 4 and 2S , and
  longitudes 29 and 35E. It averages about 1,100
  metres (3,609 ft) above sea level, and this
  slopes very steadily downwards to the Sudanese
  Plain to the north.

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• Uganda is divided into districts,, spread across
  four administrative regions Northern, Eastern,
  Central (Kingdom of Buganda) and Western. The
  districts are subdivided into counties
• Each district is divided into sub-districts,
  counties, sub-counties, parishes and villages.

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President of uganda
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Prime minister and vice president
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economy
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• Uganda has substantial natural resources,
  including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and
  sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt.
  The country has largely untapped reserves of both
  crude oil and natural gas
• While agriculture used to account for 56 of the
  economy in 1986, with coffee as its main export,
  it has now been surpassed by the services sector,
  which accounted for 52 of percent GDP in 2007

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• For decades, Uganda's economy suffered from
  devastating economic policies and instability,
  leaving Uganda as one of the world's poorest
  countries. The country has commenced economic
  reforms and growth has been robust. In 2008,
  Uganda recorded 7 growth despite the global
  downturn and regional instability

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• Since 1986, the government (with the support of
  foreign countries and international agencies) has
  acted to rehabilitate an economy devastated
  during the regime of Idi Amin and subsequent
  civil war. Inflation ran at 240 in 1987 and 42
  in June 1992, and was 5.1 in 2003.

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• Between 1990 and 2001, the economy grew because
  of continued investment in the rehabilitation of
  infrastructure, improved incentives for
  production and exports, reduced inflation and
  gradually improved domestic security. With the
  Uganda securities exchanges established in 1996,
  several equities have been listed. The Government
  has used the stock market as an avenue for
  privatisation.

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• The financial sector is enhanced by the numerous
  banks and other financial institutions
• Stanbic bank,Dfcu bank,Tropical bank,Bank of
  Africa,Cairo international bank,Centinary rural
  devt bank,standard chartered bank,Equity
  bank,Crane bank,Bank of baroda,KCB bank housing
  finance, and others financial services.

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Demographics

• Uganda is home to many different ethnic groups,
  none of whom forms a majority of the population.
  Around forty different languages are regularly
  and currently in use in the country. English
  became the official language of Uganda after
  independence. Ugandan English is a local variant
  dialect.
• The most widely spoken local language in Uganda
  is Luganda, spoken predominantly by the Ganda
  people (Baganda) in the urban concentrations of
  Kampala, the capital city and in towns and
  localities in the Buganda region of Uganda which
  encompasses Kampala. The Lusoga and
  Runyankorejj-Rukiga languages follow, spoken
  predominantly in the southeastern and
  southwestern parts of Uganda respectively.

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• swahili, a widely used language throughout
  eastern and central East Africa, was approved as
  the country's second official national language
  in 2005, though this is somewhat politically
  sensitive. Though the language has not been
  favoured by the Bantu-speaking populations of the
  south and southwest of the country, it is an
  important language in the northern regions. It is
  also widely used in the police and military
  forces, which may be a historical result of the
  disproportionate recruitment of northerners into
  the security forces during the colonial period.
  The status of Swahili has thus alternated with
  the political group in power. For example, Amin,
  who came from the northwest, declared Swahili to
  be the national language

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• Ugandas population has grown from 4.8 million
  people in 1950 to 24.3 million in 2002.The
  current estimated population of Uganda is 32.4
  million. Uganda has a very young population, with
  a median age of 15 years.

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Religion

• According to the census of 2002, Christians made
  up about 84 of Uganda's population. The Roman
  Catholic Church has the largest number of
  adherents (41.9), followed by the Anglican
  Church of Uganda (35.9). Evangelical and
  Pentecostal churches claim the rest of the
  Christian population. The next most reported
  religion of Uganda is Islam, with Muslims
  representing 12 of the population.The Muslim
  population is primarily Sunni there is also a
  minority belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim
  Community. The remainder of the population follow
  traditional religions (1), Bahai (0.1), or
  other non-Christian religions (0.7), or have no
  religious affiliation (0.9).

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Namirembe cathedral
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Gadafi mosque
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Kibuli mosque
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Health

• Uganda has been among the rare HIV success
  stories, one of the reasons being openness.In the
  1980s, more than 30 of Ugandan residents had
  HIV this had fallen to 6.4 by the end of 2008,
  the most effective national response to AIDS of
  any African country.
• Infant mortality rate was at 79 per 1,000 in
  2005.Life expectancy was at 50.2 for females, and
  49.1 for males in 2005.There were 8 physicians
  per 100,000 persons in the early 2000s.
• Uganda's elimination of user fees at state health
  facilities in 2001 has resulted in an 80
  increase in visits over half of this increase is
  from the poorest 20 of the population.This
  policy has been cited as a key factor in helping
  Uganda achieve its Millennium Development Goals
  and as an example of the importance of equity in
  achieving those goals

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EDUCATION.

• illitracyis common in Uganda, particularly among
  females.Public spending on education was at 5.2 
  of the 20022005 GDP.There are also state exams
  that must be taken at every level of education.
  Uganda has both private and public universities.
  The largest university in Uganda is Makerere
  University located outside of Kampala. The system
  of education in Uganda has a structure of 7 years
  of primary education, 6 years of secondary
  education (divided into 4 years of lower
  secondary and 2 years of upper secondary school),
  and 3 to 5 years of post-secondary education. The
  present system has existed since the early 1960s.

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cuisine

• Ugandan cuisine consists of traditional cooking
  with English, Arab, Asian and especially Indian
  influences.Like the cuisines of most countries,
  it varies in complexity, from the most basic, a
  starchy filler with a sauce of beans or meat, to
  several-course meals served in upper-class homes
  and high-end restaurants.

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• Main dishes are usually centered on a sauce or
  stew of groundnuts, beans or meat. The starch
  traditionally comes from ugali (maize meal) or
  matoke (boiled and mashed green banana), in the
  South, or an ugali made from millet in the North.
  Cassava, yam and African sweet potato are also
  eaten the more affluent include white (often
  called "Irish") potato and rice in their diets.
  Soybean was promoted as a healthy food staple in
  the 1970s and this is also used, especially for
  breakfast. Chapati, an Asian flatbread, is also
  part of Ugandan cuisine.

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Human rights

• Respect for human rights in Uganda has improved
  significantly since the mid-1980s.There are,
  however, many areas which continue to attract
  concern.
• Conflict in the northern parts of the country
  continues to generate reports of abuses by the
  rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

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• Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda. Gays and
  lesbians face discrimination and harassment at
  the hands of the media, police, teachers and
  other groups

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National and regional sceurity
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• Uganda is committed to both national and regional
  stability.
• Its the peaceful atmosphere that investment in
  the country has doubled.
• We are currently serving with AU in somalia
• Fighting insurgent groups

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UPDF IN SOMALIA