When President Yoweri Museveni, in his capacity as NRM party chairman, met 278 legislators on Wednesday evening, he envisaged an easy going with government's plan to amend Article 26 of the Constitution.
The Constitution Amendment Bill 2017, which was tabled before parliament in July this year, seeks to amend the Constitution to allow government to take compulsory possession of private land to build infrastructure and investment projects without being bogged down by compensation disputes.
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