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Uganda: Parliament Postponed After Chaos over Age Limit Debate
Observer, 26 September 2017
Parliament reconvenes today after it was prematurely adjourned by deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah. Today's plenary is expected to be presided over by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. Read more »
Chaos in Ugandan Parliament During Age Limit Showdown
There were chaotic scenes in Parliament after Speaker Rebecca Kadaga said the order paper had been amended to include a controversial motion to amend the age limit cap for presidential candidates. A section of Opposition members alleged that one of the legislators had entered in the House with a gun sparking more chaos as some members tried to exchange blows. The sitting was eventually postponed.
MPs fight in Parliament after trading accusations of smuggling a gun in the House during plenary on September 26, 2017.
Some of the MPs opposed to the amendment of Article 102 (b) of the Constitution during a meeting at Parliament on Tuesday.
Police officers were deployed around Parliament on Thursday last week when the tabling of the age-limit motion was deferred.
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Uganda: Chaos Reigns in Parliament As MPs Accuse Colleagues of Being Armed
Monitor, 26 September 2017
Chaotic scenes ensued in Parliament on Tuesday shortly after Speaker Rebecca Kadaga said the Order Paper had been amended to include the controversial Raphael Magyezi's motion to… Read more »
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Uganda: Scuffle Breaks Out At Parliament, City Hall
Monitor, 26 September 2017
There are sporadic confrontations happening at Parliament and the nearby City Hall between lawmakers and councillors on the one side and police on the other as the law enforcement… Read more »
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Uganda: Age Limit Motion Missing On Order Paper As Kadaga Keeps Everyone Guessing
Monitor, 26 September 2017
The much-anticipated debate on the removal of the presidential age limit may not happen on Tuesday as expected, with the subject missing on the day's Order Paper circulated by… Read more »
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Uganda: Focus Back On Parliament As 'Age Limit' Debate Rages
Independent (Kampala), 26 September 2017
Focus returns to Uganda's Parliament Tuesday when MPs return to The House at 2pm to continue business that was pushed forward from last week. Read more »
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Uganda: Age Limit Amendment - NRM Constituency Chairpersons Oppose Idea
Monitor, 26 September 2017
A group of National Resistance Movement supporters comprising mainly party constituency chairpersons have described the proposed amendment of Article 102 (b) to remove presidential… Read more »
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Uganda: NRM Plots to Return Fire
Observer, 25 September 2017
After their brazen attempt to introduce the anti-age bill in Parliament was thwarted last Thursday, by a determined loud opposition, NRM strategists returned to the drawing board… Read more »
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Uganda: Magyezi Speaks On His Bill, Museveni
Observer, 25 September 2017
The controversial anti-age limit private member's bill, which he will introduce in parliament, has thrust Igara West MP RAPHAEL MAGYEZI into the public spotlight more than anything… Read more »
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Uganda: 'Land Issue at Heart of President's Desire to Retain Power'
Independent (Kampala), 25 September 2017
President Yoweri Museveni's countrywide tour that he says is aimed at defusing what he called "toxic" information about the Land Amendment Bill before Parliament has run into… Read more »
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Uganda: In Defence of Museveni On Age Limit Controversy
Monitor, 26 September 2017
Dear Tingasiga: We have seen this movie before. Multiple episodes since 1962. Different actors. The same producers. The same script. Just a variation on a theme. Read more »
Police arrest DP president Norbert Mao at Parliament over anti-age limit protests on Thursday.
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Twelve European countries have jointly criticised the excessive use of force by Uganda's security forces to arrest and detain activists opposed to the proposal to lift the ... Read more »
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Heavily armed anti-terrorism police and the military are deployed around Parliament in Kampala, making it difficult for MPs to get to work. Igara West MP Raphael Magyeni is ... Read more »
