The Uganda's parliament this afternoon was a scene of
action as MPs flexed muscles and threw chairs at one another ahead of a
debate on whether to grant long-serving President Yoweri Museveni
another term in office. He has been in power for more than three
decades...
The move to extend Museveni's rule has met widespread
opposition from civic rights activists, the political opposition,
religious leaders and even some members of Museveni’s own ruling party.
Government and opposition lawmakers came to blows after the
House speaker allowed a ruling party legislator to introduce a motion
to kick-start a process to remove an age cap from Uganda’s constitution
to allow Museveni to run for re-election.
Under the existing constitution, a person standing for
President must be under 75 years of age - which would make Museveni, 73,
ineligible to stand at the next polls in 2021.
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