A complex political and economic situation in Uganda. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region. Uganda also lies within the Nile basin and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate. Uganda Luganda: Yuganda , officially the Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in According to gay rights activists, many Ugandans have been attacked since the Uganda traditionally depends on Kenya for access to the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa.
Uganda is named after the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country, including the capital Kampala. The people of Uganda were hunter-gatherers until 1, to 2, years ago, when Bantu -speaking populations migrated to the southern parts of the country. Beginning in , the area was ruled as a protectorate by the UK, which established administrative law across the territory. Uganda gained independence from the UK on 9 October The period since then has been marked by violent conflicts, including an eight-year-long military dictatorship led by Idi Amin.
The official languages are English and Swahili , although "any other language may be used as a medium of instruction in schools or other educational institutions or for legislative, administrative or judicial purposes as may be prescribed by law. Uganda's current president is Yoweri Kaguta Museveni , who took power in January after a protracted six-year guerrilla war.
Following constitutional amendments that removed term limits for the president, he was able to stand and was elected president of Uganda in the and in the general elections. Bantu -speaking populations, who were probably from central Africa, migrated to the southern parts of the country. According to oral tradition , the Empire of Kitara covered an important part of the great lakes area , from the northern lakes Albert and Kyoga to the southern lakes Victoria and Tanganyika.
Some Luo invaded the area of Bunyoro and assimilated with the Bantu society there, establishing the Babiito dynasty of the current Omukama ruler of Bunyoro-Kitara. Arab traders moved inland from the Indian Ocean coast of East Africa in the s for trade and commerce.
