In July 2011, Kampala, Uganda qualified for the 2011 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the first time, beating Saudi Arabian baseball team Dharan LL, although visa complications prevented them from attending the series. in Uganda are exposed to health hazards. The abolition of independent public service commissions for federal units. Uganda has 60 protected areas, including ten national parks: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Rwenzori Mountains National Park (both UNESCO World Heritage Sites[78]), Kibale National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Mount Elgon National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Semuliki National Park. The people of Uganda were hunter-gatherers until 1,700 to 2,300 years ago, when Bantu-speaking populations migrated to the southern parts of the country. [191], According to the UNHCR, Uganda hosts over 1.1 million refugees on its soil as of November 2018. The official languages of Uganda are English and Swahili.The most common religion is Christianity.The President of Uganda is Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.The country is to the East of Africa. According to a 2006 published report, the Ugandan water supply and sanitation sector had made substantial progress in urban areas since the mid-1990s, with substantial increases in coverage as well as in operational and commercial performance. [103] The paper also alleged that homosexuals aimed to recruit Ugandan children. [44], Within Buganda, there were divisions – between those who wanted the Kabaka to remain a dominant monarch and those who wanted to join with the rest of Uganda to create a modern secular state. [133], The Ugandan Bureau of Statistics announced inflation was 4.6 percent in November 2016. The "North/South" ethnic divide that had been evident in economic and social spheres now entrenched itself in politics. [179], Less than half of all sexually active unmarried women use a modern contraceptive method, a fraction that has barely changed from 2000 to 2011. Many child workers are active in agriculture. A more worrying fact for the UPC was that the next national elections loomed in 1967 – and without the support of KY (who were now likely to back the DP), and the growing factionalism in the UPC, there was the real possibility that the UPC would be out of power in months. By the time Uganda had become independent, Buganda "was a divided house with contending social and political forces"[49] There were however problems brewing inside the UPC. This protocol, however, has not been implemented because of work permit and other bureaucratic, legal, and financial obstacles. He died there three years later. [43], From the moment the British created the Uganda protectorate, the issue of how to manage the largest monarchy within the framework of a unitary state had always been a problem. The President of Uganda is both head of state and head of government. The Petroleum Bill, passed by parliament in 2012 and touted by the NRM as bringing transparency to the oil sector, has failed to please domestic and international political commentators and economists. [182][183], The prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) is low: according to a 2013 UNICEF report,[184] only 1 percent of women in Uganda have undergone FGM, with the practice being illegal in the country. [142], To supplement their income, rural women may engage in small-scale entrepreneurial activities such as rearing and selling local breeds of animals. Over the same period, the number of researchers doubled (in head counts) from 1 387 to 2 823, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Uganda, the "Pearl of Africa," could be noted in many ways as paradigmatic of the human spectrum within Africa as a whole, perhaps even the world. Transparency International has rated Uganda's public sector as one of the most corrupt in the world. [1] 武福希 (talk) 07:31, 19 December 2008 (UTC)# 武福希, Both Native/Non-Native English-Speaking Users, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Religion_in_Uganda&oldid=506081955, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 August 2012, at 15:55. Popular Ugandan newspapers include: Television stations based in Uganda include: All of these terrestrial channels are transmitted via a DVB T2 digital TV signal. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Museveni was lauded by western countries as part of a new generation of African leaders. Furthermore, 9 more people were killed during the April 2011 "Walk to Work" demonstrations. [107] On 27 January 2011, gay rights activist David Kato was murdered. "[11][12] Luganda, a central region-based language, is widely spoken across the Central and South Eastern regions of the country, and several other languages are also spoken, including Lango, Acholi, Runyoro, Runyankole, Rukiga, Luo[4] and Lusoga. Uganda's median age of 15 years is the lowest in the world. [196][197] The next most reported religion of Uganda was Islam, with Muslims representing 13.7 percent of the population, up from 12.1% in 2002. The Christianity section has a small discrepancy (same as in the "Uganda" article). The UPC fragmentation continued as opponents sensed Obote's vulnerability. This diaspora has contributed enormously to Uganda's economic growth through remittances and other investments (especially property). Auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Uganda herrschten bis ins 19. [117], In 2015, Uganda's economy generated export income from the following merchandise: coffee (US$402.63 million), oil re-exports (US$131.25 million), base metals and products (US$120.00 million), fish (US$117.56 million), maize (US$90.97 million), cement (US$80.13 million), tobacco (US$73.13 million), tea (US$69.94 million), sugar (US$66.43 million), hides and skins (US$62.71 million), cocoa beans (US$55.67 million), beans (US$53.88 million), simsim (US$52.20 million), flowers (US$51.44 million), and other products (US$766.77 million). [126][127], Uganda traditionally depends on Kenya for access to the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa. [64], His presidency has been marred, however, by invading and occupying the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Second Congo War, resulting in an estimated 5.4 million deaths since 1998, and by participating in other conflicts in the Great Lakes region of Africa. The currency is the Ugandan Shilling. Griffin, Brett, Robert Barlas, and Jui Lin Yong. [20] Bunyoro-Kitara is claimed as the antecedent of the Toro, Ankole, and Busoga kingdoms. "Background to peace and conflict in northern Uganda." [194] For example, Idi Amin, who came from the north-west, declared Swahili to be the national language. I'll leave it for a few days. Despite these ambiguities, these events unwittingly brought to fore the northerner/southerner political divide which to some extent still influences Ugandan politics. Municipal and town councils are designated in urban areas of districts. [4], There were about 80,000 Indians in Uganda before Idi Amin required the expulsion of Ugandan-Asians (mostly of Indian origin) in 1972, which reduced the population to as low as 7,000. Uganda - Uganda - Religion: Uganda’s religious heritage is tripartite: indigenous religions, Islam, and Christianity. [1] Sementara mayoritas adalah Sunni , ada juga yang signifikan dari Syiah dan Ahmadiyyah , masing-masing 7% dan 4%. Es handelt sich dabei ebenfalls um eine monotheistische Religion mit einem Schöpfergott (Imana) und einer großen Persönlichkeit (Ryangombe), der ein Mittler und irdischer Repräsentant Gottes war. Buganda never sought independence but rather appeared to be comfortable with a loose arrangement that guaranteed them privileges above the other subjects within the protectorate or a special status when the British left. Jahrhunderts ein. [52] Having lost the referendum, KY opposed the bill to pass the counties to Bunyoro, thus ending the alliance with the UPC.