Uganda: BREAKING: Court Okays Removal of Presidential Age Limit

Mbale — The Constitutional Court has with a majority ruled that the lifting of the age limit for the president of Uganda was constitutional. The ruling will allow President Yoweri Museveni, 73 to run again in 2021.

The court ruled 4-1 to clear the way for President Musevenito run for a sixth term when it upheld on Thursday a constitutional change that scrapped presidential age limits.

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