Political reform and constitutional change in Uganda: the draft Constitution and Constituent Assembly elections

bibliographic database
Line

Periodical article

Title:	Political reform and constitutional change in Uganda: the draft Constitution and Constituent Assembly elections
Author:	Oloka-Onyango, J.
Year:	1993
Periodical:	Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development (ISSN 0255-6472)
Volume:	8
Issue:	2
Pages:	197-219
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Uganda East Africa
Subjects:	democracy constitutional reform politics political science elections
Abstract:	This paper examines the constitutional transition in Uganda on which President Yoweri Museveni has staked much of his claim to being a new and genuinely different kind of African leader. To do this, the paper examines the legal framework within which the struggle for democratic change is taking place, flavoured with a critical analysis of the historical and sociopolitical context. The first section provides a historical backdrop to constitutional transition in Uganda. The second section critically considers the dynamics of the transition process initiated by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) upon assuming power in 1986. The third section examines the main features of the draft Constitution, as well as the Constituent Assembly Statute. In particular, it pays attention to the 'no-party' philosophy by which recent Ugandan politics has been guided. The fourth section considers the prospects for the future. Notes, ref.