Government: a group of people who lead a country.

Constitution: a set of laws governing a country

Relationship: the way in which two or more things or people are involved.

Value added tax: tax charged on goods and services consumed by people.

Loan: amount of money that a person borrows from a bank.

Licence: Official permission to have or do something.

Tourism: Business of providing services and environment to tourists.

Bill: proposed law.

Right: freedom that belongs to a person.

Budget: the government's estimated income and expenditure.

End of Topic Exercise
1 . Write a word from this list to complete each of the sentence that follow: Democracy, right, majority rule, custom.

(a) Is a freedom a person has..........

(b) Is a form of government in which the people rule ..

(c) when decisions are made by voting, people follow ....

(d) Shaking hands when you meet someone is a.........

2. Construct simple sentences using the key words given below:

(a) constitution (b) executive (c) Loan (d) election

Exercise 11

1 . Explain the term government.

2. State the two parts of government in Uganda.

3. Who represents the central government in a district?

4. Who heads the executive?

5. What is the major role of the Legislature?

6. How does the Judiciary help the executive?

7. Suggest the role of the Chief Justice in Uganda.

8. Mention the role played by Mr. Stephen Akabway in the making of the 1995 constitution.

9. What is a National Constitution?

10. Mention one problem government faces as it communicates to people.