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An independent state within the Commonwealth, Uganda has been a Republic since 1963. The 1995 Constitution establishes that the President of the Republic, who is also the head of the executive power, is elected by direct suffrage for a five-year term. Legislative power is entrusted to the Parliament, made up of 2/3 of members elected every 5 years and 1/3 of representatives of the social categories and ex officio members. The multi-party electoral system was introduced with the referendum of 30 July 2005. At the top of the judicial system is the Uganda High Court, chaired by a Chief Justice, which has expertise in civil and criminal matters. Below it are the Court of Appeal and the Courts of the Magistrates. The latter were created following the reform of the judicial system carried out in 1970 and exercise limited jurisdiction, both in civil and criminal matters. There are courts of first, second and third level magistrates, depending on the seriousness of the case in question. The country was divided into judicial districts, each chaired by a Chief Magistrate. The death penalty is in effect. The various political upheavals have also affected the military structure. The defense of the country is entrusted to the armed forces divided into the three traditional weapons. Education is not compulsory. Many schools are administered by the government, others by the missions. To encourage a decrease in the rate of illiteracy, a plan was launched in 1995 which establishes free education for the first four children of each family. The school population has thus significantly increased, even if illiteracy continues to affect 26.4% of the population, according to a 2007 estimate. Primary education begins at 6 years and lasts 7 years. The secondary school comprises two cycles: the first of 4 years is preparatory to the second, mainly of technical, commercial or agricultural orientation. L’ Mbarara (specialized in scientific and technological studies and founded in 1989) and Mbale, for Islamic studies. According to COUNTRYAAH, Uganda is a nation in Eastern Africa, the capital city of which is Kampala. The latest population of Uganda is 45,741,018. REMZFAMILY: Lists and descriptions of main religions and beliefs in Uganda, including religion demographics and statistics on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.
CLIMATE
Although Uganda is an equatorial country and therefore included in the belt of intertropical convergences, its climate presents the characteristics of the high-est African lands and has monsoon rhythms. The trade wind SE, as in Kenya, brings the greatest rainfall from March to June, when the intertropical front moves northward; the second rainy season, from October to December, is due to the inflows – however not very high – of the NE trade wind. Overall, around 1500 mm of rain per year fall in the central section (Entebbe) which decreases significantly towards the NE (600 mm). Temperatures, mitigated by the altitude, have limited seasonal fluctuations (the average in Entebbe is around 20-22 ºC): this is more or less true for the whole plateau. The presence of vast lakes then determines further climatic contrasts, particularly accentuated in the case of Lake Victoria; as for the altitudinal effects, just think of Ruwenzori.