Uganda began as part of the early African kingdoms, the kingdom of Buganda. Around the 1930s, Arab traders reached the interior of Buganda and found well-developed political institutions dating back several centuries. In the 1960s, British explorers reached the heart of Uganda and placed it under the British crown.

“Because the African peoples of the south Sahara had no written language, there are few records. And these records have been horribly distorted by the needs of the colonial powers to demonstrate their superiority and prove that they were bringing civilization to Africa, an Africa that had no civilizat

Structural adjustment: Uganda privatized the public sector and reduced the role of the state. Industries were created for food processing, transportation and telecommunication. In 2002 the Uganda commercial bank was privatized and it eventually merged with an international bank contributing to a continuing strengthening of the country’s banking sector.

President Museveni implemented a market orientated Ten Points Program to restore the economy. His program was based on the Neo-Liberalism model of the 1980s. Uganda has followed the three major steps of this theory of development. Under president Muiseveni, Uganda has been able to restore the economy and become one of Africa’s recent success stories.

The NRM control over Uganda has been marked by a disciplined economic management that has regained economic confidence in Uganda. Nevertheless it still struggles to achieve peace within its borders and is troubled by the widespread of diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, yellow fever (regional) and schistosomiasis (bilharzia). The Ugandan government must also be concerned with the conflicts outside and within its borders. There are three major conflicts for Ugandan; the war against the Lord’s Resistance Army(LAR), the rebel groups led by Taban Amin and conflicts over water supplies of the Nile River.

Export-led growth: Museveni initiated by devaluating the Shilling (1990-1991) in order to encourage exports and foreign investment. Uganda became a dual economy with national industry and the export of primary products such as coffee, cotton, tea and tobacco. After stabilising the economy Uganda re-joined the East African Cooperation (EAC) trade group and became a member of the WTO. This reduced trade barriers to allow free trade within the member nations. As a consequence this has encouraged foreign direct investment that reached $114.7 Millions in 2001.

In the economic sector the neo-liberal economic model seems to be working fine for the Ugandan econo

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