Uganda: Age Limit - Govt Team Faces Tough Day in Court

Mbale — The government lawyers led by Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana and Solicitor General Francis Atoke yesterday faced a rough tide in the Constitutional Court as they defended the Constitution amendment, which removed the presidential age limit.

The legal team ran into the rugged terrain in the morning proceedings when Ms Christine Kaahwa, the Director of Civil Litigation, was told by Justice Kenneth Kakuru to stop interjecting in the judges' guidance to the lawyers in the case.

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