Uganda: Let Ugandans Debate Age Limit Removal Freely

23 October 2017
editorial

Last Friday, a group of angry men stormed the home of Jinja East Municipality Member of Parliament Nathan Igeme Nabeta and threatened to burn it.

They accused the MP of backing the controversial Bill that seeks to remove the presidential age limit from the Constitution without consulting them. By the time police dispersed them, the youth had started burning tyres at the legislator's gate. This comes a week after suspected arsonists sneaked to the home of Arua Municipality MP Ibrahim Abiriga in Arua town, and attempted to set it ablaze.

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