Southeast Uganda includes Lake Victoria, from which the Nile flows northwards through Lake Kyoga. The climate is tropical. Temperatures, though warm throughout the year, are modified by altitude.
Rainfall occurs in all months.
In 1967 it became a republic. The president, Yoweri Museveni, came to power in a coup in 1986 and has governed the country since then through the National Resistance Movement. Even so, the first signs of democracy emerged when, in early 1994, elections were held for a Constituent Assembly. This Assembly is to draft a Constitution and pave the way for parliamentary and presidential elections. The population showed their support for the president in these elections.