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Uganda: MPs Revive Move to Extend Parliament Term to 7 Years
Monitor, 11 August 2020
Over a year after the Supreme Court upheld the Constitutional Court decision that rejected extension of the current term of Parliament and local councils for seven years, MPs are… Read more »
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Uganda: Seven-Year Term for MPs Illegal
Observer, 27 December 2017
I will start by quoting Article 1 (3) of Uganda's constitution: "All power and authority of Government and its organs derive from this Constitution, which in turn derives its… Read more »
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Uganda: How President Museveni, Ruling Party MPs Agreed On 7-Year Term
Monitor, 14 December 2017
Members of Parliament from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, who had asked for 'logistics' before they support lifting of the presidential age limit from the… Read more »
Ugandan MPs Revive Move to Extend Parliamentary Term to 7 Years
Over a year since the Cupreme Court upheld the Constitutional Court decision that rejected extension of the current term of parliament and local councils for seven years, MPs are now seeking other options to have the term of office extended as they had sought in the presidential age limit petition last year. The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee says the presidential term has to be sufficient enough to enable the president to implement and fulfil his or her manifesto. Uganda elections are scheduled for early 2021, and President Yoweri Museveni hopes for a sixth term.
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