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Uganda: Museveni Defends Age Limit Amendment
Independent (Kampala), 6 December 2017
The presence of age limits for any elective office goes against Article 1 of the 1995 Constitution, the bedrock of that supreme law, which says "Power belongs to the people",… Read more »
Ugandan President Museveni Defends Age Limit Amendment
President Yoweri Museveni has met with parliament's legal affairs committee at State House in Entebbe to discuss a proposed constitutional amendment which would extend the age limit for presidential candidates. Museveni told the committee that the presence of age limits for any elective office goes against Article 1 of the 1995 Constitution which says "power belongs to the people".
President Yoweri Museveni, left, in discussion with the parliament’s legal affairs committee led by Oboth Oboth, second left.
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Uganda: Museveni - With All These Problems, 5-Year Terms Are a Joke
Independent (Kampala), 6 December 2017
President Yoweri Museveni has said young countries like those in Africa need longer terms to develop. Read more »
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Uganda: Age Limit Case - Lawyers Demand Speedy Hearing
Monitor, 6 December 2017
Lawyers have asked the Constitutional Court to conduct a speedy hearing and disposal of the petition challenging the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill that seeks to scrap… Read more »
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Uganda: Museveni Has Hijacked Age Limit Bill - Opposition
Observer, 5 December 2017
As a group of mainly NRM members of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee travelled to State House Entebbe to interview President Museveni on the age limit amendment bill,… Read more »
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Uganda: New Age Limit Poll Shows Stalemate
Observer, 6 December 2017
The most comprehensive poll conducted so far on how MPs are likely to vote when the Raphael Magyezi age limit amendment bill reaches that stage has found that the bill has 57.8%… Read more »
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Uganda: Draft Report on Age Limit Bill is Ready
Monitor, 3 December 2017
As the committee handling the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill that proposes to remove age limits enters the decisive lap, a picture of the support and opposition to the… Read more »
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Uganda: Towards a New Theory for Ousting Museveni
Monitor, 3 December 2017
Museveni appears to be bent on a life presidency and yet the Opposition rather than consolidating its strength is getting more fragmented. Ironically, Museveni's current stance of… Read more »
InFocus
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Ruling party leaders are understood to be studying a report compiled for President Yoweri Museveni which gauges the NRM's chances of passing the age limit bill in Parliament. ... Read more »
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Growing discontent threatens the dysfunctional and corrupt political system built by President Museveni, who is now manoeuvering to extend his three decades in power by raising a ... Read more »
