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Uganda: the Making of a Constitution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Charles Cullimore
Charles Cullimore
Affiliation:
Bidborough, Kent, formerly British High Commissioner in Uganda, 1989–93
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The Government of Uganda headed by President Yoweri Museveni, which came to power in January 1986, has made impressive progress since then in bringing about peace and national reconcilication, and in restoring the rule of law. It has turned the economy round from what might be described as ‘free fall’ to steady growth, albeit still heavily dependent on foreign aid. It has returned expropriated properties to their Asian owners, and has begun to attract foreign investment. Above all it has restored hope and given Ugandans back their pride. These are no means achievements, and place the country firmly among the few in Africa in recent years which have managed to bring about a real improvement in the overall quality of life for their citizens, albeit from a very low base. This would in itself be sufficient reason for looking more closely at what has been happening there. But, after all the disappointments of the past, it is also legitimate to ask whether these dramatic improvements are likely to be sustainable.

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Africana
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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , December 1994 , pp. 707 - 711
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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1 For an analysis of these unusual arrangements, see Brett, E. A., ‘Rebuilding Organisation Capacity in Uganda Under the National Resistance Movement’, in The Journal of Modern African Studies (Cambridge), 32, 1, 03 1994, p. 67.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

2 ‘The Report of the Uganda Constitutional Commission’, P.O. Box 7206, Kampala, 31 December 1992.Google Scholar

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