Constituent Assembly of Uganda

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The Constituent Assembly of Uganda was a representative body convened in the early 1990s to debate, draft, and enact the country’s current national constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
adoptedDocument Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 ⓘ
basedOnDraftPreparedBy Uganda Constitutional Commission ⓘ
chairperson James Wapakhabulo ⓘ
constitutionalArticleAddressed Article 1 – sovereignty of the people ⓘ
Article 105 – tenure of office of the President ⓘ
Article 29 – protection of freedom of conscience, expression, movement, religion, assembly and association ⓘ
Article 78 – composition of Parliament ⓘ
convenedBy Government of Uganda ⓘ
convenedUnder National Resistance Movement government ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
dissolvedAfter promulgation of the 1995 Constitution ⓘ
endDate 1995 ⓘ
governsDocument Constitution of Uganda (1995) ⓘ
headOfStateDuring Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ⓘ
linked to: Yoweri Museveni
historicalContext post-1986 political transition under the National Resistance Movement ⓘ
historicalSignificance established the constitutional framework for Uganda’s contemporary political system ⓘ
jurisdiction Uganda ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
leader James Wapakhabulo ⓘ
legalOutcome Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 ⓘ
locatedIn Kampala ⓘ
meetsIn Constituent Assembly Hall, Kampala ⓘ
International Conference Centre, Kampala ⓘ
numberOfMembers approximately 284 ⓘ
precededBy Uganda Constitutional Commission ⓘ
product 1995 Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
purpose to debate the draft constitution of Uganda ⓘ
to enact a new constitution for Uganda ⓘ
to provide a representative forum for constitutional deliberation ⓘ
represents districts of Uganda ⓘ
persons with disabilities ⓘ
women ⓘ
workers ⓘ
youth ⓘ
selectionMethod appointed members ⓘ
partly elected members ⓘ
special interest group representatives ⓘ
startDate 1994 ⓘ
timePeriod 1994–1995 ⓘ
topicOfDebate human rights provisions in Uganda ⓘ
land tenure in Uganda ⓘ
role of political parties in Uganda ⓘ
system of government in Uganda ⓘ
term limits for the president of Uganda ⓘ
typeOfBody temporary body ⓘ

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Constitution of Uganda → adoptedBy → Constituent Assembly of Uganda ⓘ
Constituent Assembly of Uganda → precededBy → Uganda Constitutional Commission ⓘ
linked to: Constituent Assembly of Uganda
Constituent Assembly of Uganda → basedOnDraftPreparedBy → Uganda Constitutional Commission ⓘ
linked to: Constituent Assembly of Uganda