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  Why many Ugandans are addressing the wrong issue in the debate on lifting age limits THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week the NRM caucus did the expected and recommended the removal of age limits on the presidency so that President Yoweri Museveni can rule for …

THIS WEEK: Anti – age limit MPs summoned for interrogation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |After an NRM legislators’ meeting organized by Kassanda South representative Simeo Nsubuga proposed the tabling of a private members’ bill to amend article 102 (b) of the constitution which puts presidential age limit at 75 …

THE FULL STORY: Chaos reigns in and out of Uganda Parliament as expected debate on motion on age limit removal is deferred Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  The much anticipated motion for MP Raphael Magyezi seeking leave of parliament to introduce a Private Member’s Bill to amend the constitution …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Ugandan police on Thursday fired teargas at students who defied a police order banning protests as they demonstrated the proposed removal of presidential age limits that would allow President Yoweri Museveni to stand again in 2021. Police on Wednesday had issued an order banning protests …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A chanting and choatic Parliament plenary was told Thursday that a proposed start to the process of changing the constitution to remove the age limit, dubbed the “Age Limit motion”, will be discussed next week. Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah told Parliament that their meeting with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan legislators have started arriving at parliament for Thursday’s session that is expected to discuss constitution ammendments, including the lifting of the age limit for the presidency. Most Kampala television stations were broadcasting live from parliament, and several other spots in the capital that is …

Uganda Police raids Action Aid ahead of Age Limit debate Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Ugandan police have banned a protest set for Thursday when lawmakers debate plans to scrap a presidential age limit, seen as a bid to pave the way for Yoweri Museveni to seek a sixth term …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Police has halted any processions across the country related to the Age Limit debate that is expected to be tabled in Parliament on Thursday. “Police has credible information that there are groups using the cover of processions, who intend to cause violence and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has confirmed that he has received two notices of motion in relation to a constitution ammendment. Oulanyah told Parliament on Tuesday that the notices of motion will be discussed first with the relevant committee in a meeting Thursday …

Matembe wants the Constitutional Court to pronounce itself on presidential term limits Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Former Ethics and Integrity Minister Dr. Miria Matembe has taken Members of the 10th Parliament to the Constitutional Court, accusing them of unlawfully removing presidential term limits during the constitutional amendment of 2005. Matembe …