Reports just in indicate that the debate on age limits on the Uganda presidency took a new turn Tuesday morning when a meeting of Members of Parliament (MPs) of the ruling party National Resistance Movement (NRM) resolved to move a private members bill to remove the age limit.

Reports from parliament indicate that the meeting that was initially called by the Chief Whip "to discuss the land amendment bill", turned to the age-limit debate and the motion was overwhelmingly supported by the ruling party members. The same morning, taxi drivers and city vendors had marched to parliament calling for the lifting of the term limits for the presidency.

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