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Indian population, inconsistent numbers?

Early in the article, it says there were 80,000 Indians living in Uganda in the early 1970s ("40 years ago"), but later it says 580,000 were expelled by Idi Amin as part of his "Africanization" (i.e. ethnic cleansing) of the country, from 1972 onwards. Is one or the other of these numbers wrong? At first, I thought maybe there were still 80,000 Indians left in Uganda *after* the 580,000 were expelled, but it is also mentioned that only 15,000 remained. So there seems to be something way off with the numbers here. 82.164.157.239 (talk) 16:26, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Many of the 'Indians' inside Uganda were of British nationality rather than being Indian nationals. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.173.52 (talk) 13:20, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Ugandan language

Swahili & English are listed under "Uganda" as official languages.

However under "Swahili" 3 countries are listed as having Swahili as their official language, though Uganda is not included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheKuch (talk • contribs) 04:32, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Actually swahili if is official language.it shares this status with English Waligorahim (talk) 15:43, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Actually swahili if is official language.it shares this status with English Waligorahim (talk) 15:43, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 10 January 2018

president is Knuckles Commander Gatzon (talk) 17:49, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: —KuyaBriBriTalk 18:06, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 12 January 2018

UGANDA IS DE WAE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.195.13.111 (talk) 09:37, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Not Done Please say what changes you are requesting to be made in an "x to y" format. Thank you. Boomer VialBe ready to fight the horde! • Contribs 09:39, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

OK, who deleted the Ugandan knuckles reference?

I mean, come on, it was a widespread global craze. Short lived, but still global. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.138.48.74 (talk) 15:23, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion of subsection on women

Hello,

the information on the situation of women in the subsection on health should be made a subsection of the demographics section and extended.
Kind regards,
Sarcelles (talk) 08:16, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2018

70.167.240.158 (talk) 13:13, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wakonda is in Uganda

 Not done: Wakanda is a fictional country. NiciVampireHeart 14:28, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 September 2018

154.66.217.98 (talk) 10:26, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. NiciVampireHeart 10:29, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"overpopulation problem"

Confused as to what it means to say that Uganda has an "overpopulation problem". Other countries have higher populations than Uganda does — do they have overpopulation problems? CircleAdrian (talk) 06:22, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is over population also on Chinese page? Waligorahim (talk) 15:45, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Whether the China page mentions overpopulation is not relevant to this page. If other countries also have overpopulation problems, then it can indeed me mentioned on those pages. Wikipedia is not a competition between countries. However, looking at the source for the claim of overpopulation in the text, it is unclear that the source claims such and that the source itself is a reliable source. Also, as you suggest, I agree that it is unclear what 'overpopulation problem' means. Is it that there is not enough food for the population, that the infrastructure cannot handle expected population sizes in the future, or something else? I have cut the sentence from the text and put it below:

The country has a significant overpopulation problem.[1][dubious – discuss]

References

  1. ^ Zinkina J., Korotayev A. Explosive Population Growth in Tropical Africa: Crucial Omission in Development Forecasts (Emerging Risks and Way Out). World Futures 70/2 (2014): 120–139.

Ashmoo (talk) 15:14, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 August 2019

Change the government type from semi presedential to presidential Source Uganda government website Flags200 (talk) 00:41, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Melmann 14:23, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Poverty (HIV in Uganda)

As a result, young women tend to have older and more sexually experienced partners and this puts women at a disproportionate risk of getting affected by HIV, accounting for about 57 per cent of all adults living with HIV in Uganda.[124] → The figure in this sentence is gravely wrong. From the original reference, it is 5.7 per cent, not 57 per cent.

Original reference is below:

Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/sub-saharan-africa/uganda#contentTable2

Semi-protected edit request on 15 October 2019

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN UGANDA Known Globally as the Pearl of Africa seated in the heart of continent africa, Uganda is spot on for tourists who want to see various attractions that are fairly priced for example Uganda is home to over 90% of Gorilla population in the whole world with its gorilla permits priced nearly 50% less compared to other countries one is assured to trek less in search of these primates;Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Biodiverse forests & mountain gorillas, In Jinja 80kms from the capital Kampala you will meet the Source of the Nile, where A shrine to Mahatma Gandhi is, at the source of the Nile in Jinja, As per his wishes, on his death in 1948 his ashes were scattered at the genesis of the world's greatest and longest river , in Jinja Uganda. The bronze bust, donated by the Indian government, commemorates the act, John Hanning Speke was the first white man who discovered the source of the Nile on August 3rd, 1858, prior to that Basoga had lived in the area for centuries, in Jinja you will see the various fishing villages.3 Major waterfalls in JInja, bungee jumping, kayaking, whitewater rafting, quad bikes and horse riding cap it with the friendly and welcoming people. in 2017, Uganda hosted over 1.4 million tourists. Uganda is home to over 10 national parks and game reserves and is a birders paradise with nearly all bird species in the world, There are endless opportunities for tourists, in this home away from home 196.0.37.22 (talk) 09:01, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Is this information you want added? If so, please provide reliable sources to verify it. Also, wikipedia is not an advertisement, please tone down the blatant promotional content. NiciVampireHeart 10:54, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 November 2019

Please change: " and was scuttled off into exile in London by supporters" to: ", and his supporters transported him into exile in London" per WP:NPOV (encyclopedic tone) and WP:MoS#cite_note-passive-19. Thanks. Cassandratoday (talk) 18:23, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Sceptre (talk) 01:03, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics

The demographics section is missing the ethnic composition and relevant internal Wiki links to e.g. the article Kakwa people. Anybody more knowledgeable than me feel like writing this in? --vuo (talk) 13:29, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Films

You forgot to mention Who killed captain Alex and other Wakaliwood films. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.234.150.100 (talk) 16:20, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 27 April 2020

The characterization of Idi Amin’s military dictatorship as “far right” is nonsense given that it was supported by E. Germany and USSR...decidedly not “far right” nations. REMOVE “far right”. “Military dictatorship” alone is more accurate and sufficiently descriptive. 99.10.107.176 (talk) 03:32, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. GoingBatty (talk) 03:40, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 July 2020

I would like to add an Ethnic groups section inbetween: Demonym(s) Ugandan[3]

and

Government Unitary dominant-party presidential republic • President Yoweri Museveni • Vice-President Edward Ssekandi • Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda

The scorce will be: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html#field-anchor-people-and-society-ethnic-groups G. Genua (talk) 22:58, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. It's not clear what changes you actually want to make; please be precise, and if you're talking about an infobox, indicate what fields you want to change. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 23:43, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing / incomplete expression in Buganda crisis (1962–1966) section

The following line in the "Buganda crisis (1962–1966)" section is confusing: "The British trained Captain – the Kabaka with about 120 armed men kept Idi Amin at bay for twelve hours." What is this trying to say about the British-trained Captain? It appears to have omitted some key word or phrase. This references "Kasozi (1994). The social origins of violence in Uganda, 1964–1985. p. 85." Could someone familiar with that source please clarify or correct this passage? Thanks. —Memetics talk | edits 23:52, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LUGANDA IS THE UGANDA NATIONAL LANGUAGE

Before one gets into the relevance of any language's usage argument, one must first understand that a National Language is not necessarily an Official Language, based on the political/constitutional provisions on both.

Besides English, which is used as an Official language to at least 90% in Uganda because of the country's Colonialist History and the effects of conformity, Luganda is merely ignored by the political sector based on racial/ethnicity biasness to its dominance. Otherwise, Luganda is spoken nationwide from border to border at least 85%.

The Swahili language (which is majorly a military communication tool that is being politicised to favour and front the regional campaign of having an East African Community); is spoken by less than 5% while the remaining 10% is a mixture of local dialects for people who can neither speak English nor Luganda or even the Swahili.

[1] Kimlanni (talk) 08:23, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect, Luanda has never been legally recognized as a national language of Uganda. Mores so,that figure you stated (85% from border to border) is very wrong and unproven. Ps: Travelling within the country helps a lot. Joe Muru (talk) 22:29, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luganda

Map doesn't show Eritrea

There should be a border btw Ethiopia and Eritrea. Cem456 (talk) 16:00, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have raised this on Commons:Graphic Lab/Map workshop. CMD (talk) 16:56, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 July 2021

Change the language if Uganda from Yuganda to Luganda

There are many languages used in Uganda but the main languages are Luganda, English and Swahili. On this page it Luganda is misspelled as Yuganda. 72.235.76.165 (talk) 08:02, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: The article is stating that is how Uganda is spelled in the languages in the area, not that Yuganda is a language or language group. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:19, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Science and technology: kiira car

This topic is mentioned near the end of the Science and technology section. It says the government has invested seventy dollars, which seems unlikely. TooManyFingers (talk) 16:20, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 2 December 2021

1. The change of the Link in the first reference from 'https://www.parliament.go.ug/new/images/stories/constitution/Constitution_of_Uganda_1995.pdf' to 'https://www.lawhub.com.ng/article-5-8-uganda-constitution-1995/'. The former page does not provide the needed information, the latter does.

2. The change of the Link on reference (12) from 'http://www.concourt.am/armenian/legal_resources/world_constitutions/constit/uganda/uganda-e.htm' to 'https://www.lawhub.com.ng/article-5-8-uganda-constitution-1995/#Article_6_Uganda_Constitution_1995'. The Latter is more specific. Inioluwa Olaposi (talk) 11:40, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. I did not see the Swahili translation of Uganda in the new link for edit #1, so I added this one instead. For the edit #2, I used the same link from #1, because the link to Article 6 redirected to the top of the page. Thanks, Heartmusic678 (talk) 12:30, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Editorial note is racist

What kind of note is this???? “Buganda crisis (1962–1966) This section may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience. (July 2018)”

If you are on the Uganda wiki page reading the history of the country why would you not want to read the history however intricate it is? History is intricate and assuming people aren’t interested in it bc it’s intricate - it’s very hard to see this statement as anything other than totally racist. Oh wait I’m sure on the wiki page about any intricate history of the us or uk it says the same thing 73.162.227.51 (talk) 19:02, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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