Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, it lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied equatorial climate. As of 2024, it has a population of over 49 million, of which 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city, Kampala.
The politics of Uganda occurs in an authoritarian context. Since assuming office in 1986 at the end of the Ugandan civil war, Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda as an autocrat. Political parties were banned from 1986 to 2006 in the wake of the 2005 Ugandan multi-party referendum which was won by pro-democracy forces. Since 2006, Museveni has used legal means, patronage, and violence to maintain power.
Thijs Berman is a Dutch former journalist. Between 2004 and 2014, he was a Dutch politician and a Member of the European Parliament.
Buvuma Island is the largest island in the Buvuma Islands chain, in Lake Victoria in Africa.
Abdu Katuntu is a Ugandan politician and lawyer currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Bugweri County in Bugweri District.
James Boliba Baba is a Ugandan politician and former diplomat. He is the current State Minister for Internal Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. He replaced Matia Kasaija, who was appointed State Minister of Finance for Planning. Prior to that, he served as the State Minister in the Office of the Vice President, from 2006 until 2011. On account of his cabinet ministerial position, he is also an ex-officio Member of Parliament (MP).
Buvuma District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda. The district is coterminous with the Buvuma Islands archipelago in Lake Victoria and does not have territory on mainland Uganda.
Frank Kagyigyi Tumwebaze is a Ugandan educator and politician of the National Resistance Movement political party. He is the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, effective 8 June 2021.
Philip Polly Okin Ojara is a Ugandan social worker and politician. He is the elected member of parliament for Chua West County, Kitgum District, and is an Independent politician who closely associates with FDC, the main opposition party in Uganda. He is a member the Caucus of Independent MPs and the Opposition Caucus and also serves as the vice chairperson of the Committee on Local Government Accounts and as a member of the Appointments Committee and the Committee on Agriculture in the 10th Parliament of Uganda.
Engunyu Janepher Nantume is a Ugandan politician, legislator and a social worker by profession. She represents the people of Buvuma Islands county in the parliament of Uganda. She is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, the party in political leadership in Uganda under the chairmanship of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni president of the republic of Uganda.
JanetGrace Akech Okori-Moe is a Ugandan teacher and legislator. As of May 2020, she serves as the elected woman representative for Abim District in Uganda's tenth parliament. Politically, she is affiliated to the National Resistance Movement under whose ticket she contested in the 2016 general election. in the 2021 Uganda general elections, She retained her seat as woman mp for Abim district.
Silas Aogon is a male Ugandan Accountant and Member of Parliament of Kumi Municipality, Kumi District. He has served in the tenth and eleventh Parliament of Uganda as an independent politician.
Jimmy Lwanga is a Ugandan politician and member of parliament. He was elected in office as a member of the parliament for Njeru Municipality in Buikwe District during the 2021 Uganda general elections.
Davis Kamukama is a Ugandan businessman, founder of Ngabo FM radio station and politician of the National Resistance Movement. He was elected to the Ugandan parliament in the 2021 general elections.
Arthur Waako Mboizi, known by his sobriquet Katalo, is a Ugandan politician and a member of the parliament representing Budaka County, Budaka District. He was elected to the Parliament of Uganda as an independent candidate in 2021. In the parliament of Uganda, he serves on the Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development.
Solomon Silwany is a Ugandan politician and a member of the 11th parliament representing Bukooli County Central. He is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
Felix Okot Ogong is a Ugandan economist, politician and member of parliament from Dokolo South County currently sitting in the Pan African Parliament, the legislative arm of African Union for a second term having been sent to the parliament during the 10th Ugandan Parliament. He was a State Minister for Youth and Children Affairs and he is a member of National Resistance Movement (NRM) on whose platform he served in the parliament since 1996. Ogong is the founder and Managing Director of Feslistar bus services and Voice of Lango Fm based in Lira town.
Gerald Nangoli is a Ugandan legislator and member of parliament for Elgon North County in Bulambuli District in the eleventh Parliament of Uganda. He is affiliated to the National Resistance Movement (NRM). In the 11th parliament, Nangoli serves on the Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
Susan Mugabi Nakaziba is an Ugandan politician from the NUP who represents Buvuma District in the Parliament of Uganda.
Achia Remegio is a Ugandan politician, economist and statistician. He has been a member of Parliament under the National Resistance Movement representing Pian County, Nakapiripirit District from 2006 to the present.
