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Geography of Uganda: -Eastern Africa -West of Kenya -Land locked -Tropical climate

-President Of Uganda: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been the president of Uganda since 26 January 1986.

 -His rule has brought on the most effective national responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa. He was involved in the war that ended Idi Ami Dada’s rule (dictator). Along with this, he was involved in ending the rebellion that led to the death of Milton Obote (former president).

-Uganda ranks 20th on the Mo Ibrahim scale, with a score of 55 out of 100.

Possible supporters: The USA: Many Western governments praise Yoweri, he was even mentioned in the New York Times.  John Dramani Mahama (president of Ghana): Mahama supports education just as Yoweri. He also believes in a more self reliant Africa. José Eduardo dos Santos: Santos is also aiming for an incline in human development, something that Yoweri has always stressed the importance of.


 * 1) Participations and Human Rights-Yoweri has a strong belief in the safety of Ugandan civilians. While Museveni was being sworn in he stressed the importance of security of people and property. He believes that Ugandans should have to right to live wherever they would like without having to worry about dying of anything other than natural causes.
 * 2) Safety and Rule of Law- Uganda has a mixture of English conman law and customary law. Yoweri cares deeply about the safety of the people as he has stressed numerous times. He belongs that no death should come from another human being. As far as Rule of law, Yoweri believe in adapting the law to conform to peoples needs. For example, he introduced free primary education in 2007.
 * 3)  Sustainable Economic Opportunity- Yoweri opened the Marbira Forest to sugar cane planting. He believes that it is a crucial step towards Uganda’s economic development. Many western governments praise Yoweri for cutting government spending and urging African self reliance.Yoweri has managed to keep the GDP level up thanks to the sound management of the system.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Human Development- Yoweri introduced free primary education in 2007. Ugandan literacy rate has since then been rising. Yoweri believes this will help work towards African self reliance.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">BIBLIOGRAPHY:

"Central Intelligence Agency." //CIA//. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Oct. 2012. <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html>.

"Profile: Uganda's Yoweri Museveni." //BBC News//. BBC, 25 Feb. 2006. Web. 04 Oct. 2012. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4124584.stm>.

"Yoweri Museveni." //Yoweri Museveni//. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Oct. 2012. <http://www.whale.to/c/yoweri_museveni.html>.