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Uganda: Regional Court Dismisses Age Limit Case
Monitor, 1 October 2020
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East Africa: Museveni's 2021 Candidature to Be Determined Today By EA Court
Monitor, 30 September 2020
The question of whether President Museveni will be on the ballot paper for the forthcoming 2021 general elections or not, will be determined today by the East African Court of… Read more »
Case Challenging Uganda's Presidential Age Limit Thrown Out
The East African Court of Justice in Tanzania has dismissed with costs, the case brought by Ugandan lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi, challenging parliament's amendment of the constitution which removed the Ugandan presidential age limit of 75. The court dismissed the submission that the violence exhibited in parliament during the tabling of the Age Limit Bill, should invalidate the legislative process. The justices also ruled that there was no violation of the East African Treaty committed by the Supreme Court of Uganda, in regard to judicial ethics and process. The bill was passed in parliament in 2017. This will enable incumbent Yoweri Museveni, 76, who has been in power since 1986, to stand for re-election.
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Male Mabirizi is challenging the decision of the Supreme Court in upholding the amendment of the Constitution to remove the clause on the age limit for presidents. The East ... Read more »
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A bill changing the Ugandan constitution and paving the way for the lifting of the term limits on the presidency, the return of presidential term limits and the extension of MPs ... Read more »
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The joint petitioners opposed to presidential age limit removal failed to convince the Constitutional Court to have Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga questioned about the role ... Read more »
