Many Ugandan emigrants were seminarians and clerics, who settled in places such as Chicago to study theology and later become pastors for African congregations.

In the 1980s, there was a steady and gradual growth in number of Ugandans in North America, particularly in the US, where some immigrated via the DV - lottery system.

Although the reasons as to why people migrate have evolved, more recently, due to the political economy, the benefit thereof to today's Uganda, is indisputable.

[6] Many Ugandans in United States are medical, legal, computer scientists, workers or engage in civil service, work in blue-collar jobs or religious professions.

[2] Many Ugandan nurses immigrate to the United States and Canada, and formerly to the UK, due to high rates of pay.

These events include the Ttabamiruka, the International Community of Banyakigezi and the Uganda North American Association convention.

Founded in 1988, UNAA is the oldest and largest of the Ugandan American organizations, holding an Annual Convention & Trade Expo each Labor Day weekend an different North American city each year, tracing its origins to a thanksgiving weekend gathering in the suburbs of Atlanta, GA.

[8] Ugandan Americans tend to establish single-family homes where children learn reverence for God and their family.

[2] Many Ugandan Americans have joined to several Africans organizations with political objectives such as the National Summit on Africa to encourage the US Government to develop policies that help Uganda.