Uganda: Time Running Out for Uganda Transition

Members of the political opposition in Uganda are working to avert what they say is a brewing political crisis as the time runs out for transition to a multiparty system. Members of Parliament opposed to the Movement system, who number only 81 in the 304-strong parliament, are lobbying the Speaker of the House, Edward Ssekandi, to avert a build-up of political tension by speeding up the transition from single-party rule to a multiparty system. The date proposed in 2004 in the roadmap was April 2005.