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Uganda:
Govt to US - We Are Not Keen on Lectures from Foreign Agents
Monitor, 21 September 2017
The government on Thursday responded with derision to criticism by the US ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac on arrests of opponents of the proposal to remove the presidential age… Read more »
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Uganda:
Age Limit - the Full Story From in, and Out of Parliament
Independent (Kampala), 22 September 2017
The much anticipated motion for MP Raphael Magyezi seeking leave of parliament to introduce a Private Member's Bill to amend the constitution was not even on the Order Paper… Read more »
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Uganda:
Rwakakamba Switches Sides, Says Museveni Must Go
Observer, 22 September 2017
A former aide and avid supporter of President Museveni has said the country could fall apart if parliament amends Article 102(b) and removes the cap on presidential age limit. Read more »
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Uganda:
Age Limit - Police Arrests Scatter Opposition Plans
Observer, 22 September 2017
Random arrests of opposition politicians and a show of military strength in Kampala dominated much of yesterday as a tension-packed parliament waited but did not to receive a… Read more »
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Uganda:
Age, Rivalry Brew Inside NRM Caucus
Observer, 22 September 2017
On Tuesday, the cabinet wing of the NRM moved to regain the initiative from party MPs who appeared to have upstaged them with their surprise September 12 'consultative meeting' at… Read more »
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Uganda:
Police Seize Computers, Phones From Staff Before Leaving ActionAid Offices
Monitor, 21 September 2017
Police on Thursday confiscated laptops and cell phone handsets from a number of ActionAid employees, a day after staging a raid and locking the workers in office. Read more »
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Uganda:
Parliament Needs More Time for Age Limit Debate - Deputy Speaker
Monitor, 21 September 2017
The Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, who is presiding over the on-going sitting, says he and Speaker Rebecca Kadaga conferred but decided that they needed more time to understand the… Read more »
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Uganda:
MPs in Shouting Match
Observer, 22 September 2017
Tempers flared in Parliament as MPs turned yesterday's sitting into a shouting match even as the House leadership denounced the heavy military and police presence around the… Read more »
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Uganda:
Details of Age Limit Removal Motion Leak
Monitor, 21 September 2017
Every Ugandan who qualifies to vote will be eligible to run for president and district chairperson if the controversial Private Member's Constitution Amendment Bill succeeds in… Read more »
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Uganda:
23 Ministers Storm Press Conference, List 4 Reasons to Scrap Presidential Age Limit
Monitor, 21 September 2017
The nearly two-dozen ministers gave four reasons to justify the Executive's support for the proposal to amend Article 102(b) of the Constitution to expunge the age limit on a… Read more »
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Uganda:
State Agents Must Stop the Double Standards
Observer, 22 September 2017
Uganda Human Rights Commission chairman Medi Kaggwa has accused the state of exercising double standards in the way its agents deal with activists opposed to the amendment of… Read more »
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Uganda:
Proposed Amendment of Age Limit for President Is Contempt of Court
Monitor, 22 September 2017
To anybody with even a slight sense of history, the developments at Parliament over the last several days must bring back an acute sense of shock and grief. Our ancestors of… Read more »