Uganda: Museveni Wanted Powers to Sack Parliament - Former Lawmaker

24 January 2013

When former member of the Constitutional Commission, Miria Matembe, looks back at the constitution-making process almost 25 years ago, she remembers two critical wishes of President Museveni that were not granted.

"Museveni wanted a provision in the Constitution which was saying that the Movement is the only viable political system in Uganda," Matembe, also a former Mbarara district Woman MP, said in an exclusive interview with The Observer. "I argued against his order up to about 3am in the morning."

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