Uganda NRM legislators resolve to remove presidential age limit

The MPs during the meeting at Parliament on Tuesday. Photo |Daily Monitor

What you need to know:

  • The current Constitution provides, among other requirements, that only persons aged 35-75 years are eligible to stand and be voted as president.
  • The incumbent Yoweri Museveni is 73-years-old and is, under the current Constitution, ineligible to stand in 2021 when Uganda is scheduled to hold its next presidential and general elections.

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