The Challenge of Building Strong Political Parties for Democratic Governance in Uganda: Does multiparty politics have a future?

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to locate the function of political parties in democratic governance. It examines the problems encountered by political parties in the process of building and sustaining competitive political systems. It looks back at the conditions that have led to a resurgence of multiparty democracy in the last two decades and highlights the Ugandan case as a country that has emerged from a failed state to monopoly politics and to back to multipartyism. It points o...