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Uganda: Age Limit Bill - Will MPs Follow Voters or Party?
Monitor, 18 December 2017
The period that the Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, gave to MPs to carry out public consultations following the tabling of the Private Members' Bill to amend Article 102… Read more »
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Uganda: Tension As Parliament Debates Age Limit
Monitor, 18 December 2017
Tension is running high in the House after opposition members allegedly sighted strangers in the Chambers. Read more »
Will Ugandan MPs Follow Voters or Party on Age Limit Bill?
The constitution amendment bill seeking to change the presidential age limit comes up for its second reading in Parliament today. The backing of at least 290 MPs is needed to pass the bill and the ruling NRM party has 294 MPs and about 56 independent MPs aligned to it. President Yoweri Museveni is reported to have told the NRM parliamentary caucus that he wants all of them to vote for the amendment - but it is not clear whether they will all obey him, writes the Daily Monitor.
InFocus
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A recent International Crisis Group report says Uganda faces a growing crisis of governance on numerous fronts. President Yoweri Museveni is likely to run for re-election in 2021. ... Read more »
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The much-anticipated debate on the removal of the presidential age limit has returned to parliament following the completion of a report on the bill by the legal and parliamentary ... Read more »
