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Uganda: MPs List 11 Grounds to Appeal Age Limit Ruling
Monitor, 2 August 2018
The age limit battle has gone to the Supreme Court with six Opposition Members of Parliament, pleading with Chief Justice Bart Katureebe to annul the entire age limit Act, saying… Read more »
Here's 11 Reasons Age Limit Act Should Be Removed - Uganda MPs
The MPs are dissatisfied with the majority decision of the Constitutional Court endorsing the removal of the presidential age limit - paving the way for President Yoweri Museveni to contest the next presidential elections.
President Yoweri Museveni meets opposition politician Kizza Besigye (with red tie) and other officials at the Anglican martyrs shrine in Namugongo (file photo).
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Uganda: Mabirizi Cites 80 Reasons Against Age Limit Petition
Monitor, 31 July 2018
One of the petitioners in the age limit petition, Mr Male Mabirizi, had appealed to the Supreme Court, challenging some of the sections of the ruling last Thursday. Read more »
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Uganda: Judiciary Sets Guidelines for Age Limit Ruling
Monitor, 26 July 2018
With barely hours left to the delivery of the landmark judgment in the presidential age limit petition at Mbale High Court, the Judiciary has issued guidelines on how the process… Read more »
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Uganda: Lawyer Mabirizi to Appeal Age Limit Ruling
Monitor, 27 July 2018
Shortly after the Constitutional Court that concluded reading its long day verdict at about midnight, one of the petitioners, Mr Male Mabirizi, told the five justices that he… Read more »
InFocus
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While delivering his judgment on the presidential age limit case, Justice Kenneth Kakuru said each MP who was given U.S.$7 8000 did not use it for the intended purpose and ordered ... Read more »
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The long-awaited presidential age limit judgment was delivered at the High Court in Mbale where the court upheld the removal of the 75-year age cap. This will allow 73-year old ... Read more »
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Fives judges will deliver the final verdict on the presidential age limit, which could see President Yoweri Museveni standing for re-election in 2021 and beyond... Read more »
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The Monitor is reporting that a comprehensive plan is in place to lift the limit on the age of the country's president and an initial deadline for the plan is the end of 2018. ... Read more »
