Uganda: What Some Legislators Said As Age Limit Debate Started

20 December 2017

Parliament — On Tuesday MPs started formal debate on the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill No. 2 (2017).

The private member's Bill that seeks to remove the 35 and 75 years lower and upper age caps for persons eligible to contest for president is sponsored by Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi and is supported by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Caucus.

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