The 1995 Constitution gives unlimited powers to the parliament in Uganda to legislate on issues of national concern, including foreign policy. The same constitution stipulates the national foreign policy principles, which the State and governments in power must adhere to. The letter and spirit of these constitutional provisions, is what amounts to Uganda’s foreign policy, which must be arrived at through a process of identification of the foreign policy issues, analysis of the available options, and adoption of; alternative foreign policy choices, the process in which the parliament significantly participates in. However, the level of participation of the legislature in the construction of foreign policy is not well understood, its weaknesses and obstacles faced in playing a role in foreign policy making process are not clear either. In the same manner, the external and internal factors that determine the participation of the legislature in the foreign policy making process are not well understood.

The paper found that compared to other countries, there was comparatively less participation by the Ugandan parliament in the foreign policy making process. The paper established that this problem was largely due to the excessive powers vested in the executive organ of government by the constitution. The paper recommends that among the measures to be adopted to strengthen the participation of parliament in the foreign policy making process include; streamlining the membership and mandate of the parliamentary committee on Presidential and foreign affairs, institutionalizing foreign policy making process, and radically cutting down on the powers of the executive. this paper, therefore, provided a necessary forum for the examination of the explanations as to what level Ugandan parliaments have participated in the foreign policy making process.