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Uganda: National Resistance Movement Gets Majority As MPs Vote On Age Bill
Monitor, 20 December 2017
The ruling National Resistance Movement on Wednesday used its numerical strength to attain the two-thirds majority as members of Parliament voted for the second reading of the… Read more »
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Uganda: Surprises As MPs Vote On Age Bill
Monitor, 20 December 2017
As members of Parliament vote for the second reading of the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill No. 2 (2017), some surprises have emerged from the various political camps. Read more »
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Uganda: How MPs Have Voted On Lifting Age Limit
Monitor, 20 December 2017
Members of Parliament are this afternoon voting on whether to lift the age limit from the constitution or maintaining it. Read more »
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Uganda: Kadaga Courts Controversy Over Rules
Monitor, 20 December 2017
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga was on Monday on the spot as she skirted around legal hurdles to allow the Constitution Amendment Bill to be tabled for Second Reading. Read more »
Uganda Age Limit Bill - Parliamentary Speaker Courts Controversy
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga was on the spot as she skirted around legal hurdles to allow the Constitution Amendment Bill, which scraps the current constitutional age cap of 75 for president, to be tabled for Second Reading in Parliament.
Enough! Aruu County MP Samuel Odonga Otto jumps onto the table to grab the microphone from Bukholi Central MP Solomon Silwany during the age limit debate in Parliament.
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A parliamentary debate on a report on a bill which aims to amend Uganda's constitution continues after a dramatic day in which several MPs were thrown out of the house and a ... Read more »
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"I said only the Parliamentary police should be securing this place. I also said I wanted all of them in uniforms [and] with their name [tags on their lapels. I also said that any ... Read more »
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The group, led by the opposition's Winnie Kizza, walked out in protest against Speaker Rebecca Kadaga's decision to suspend their six colleagues. When the House resumes, the ... Read more »
