Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago says hes eager to know the identity of a security officer who squeezed his genitals painfully during his violent arrest last week.
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has adjourned the House sitting to 2pm on Wednesday after Opposition legislators disrupted moving of a motion on presidential age limit removal.
The exchange came moments after the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga gave Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi a go-ahead to present a motion seeking for the amendment of Article 102b of the constitution, paving way for the possible removal of presidential age limits.
The Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board UBTEB and National Curriculum Development Centre NCDC are rebranding technical and business courses taught in technical institutes, schools and colleges in a bid to attract students.
Jasper Ouni, one of the journalists who escaped arrest, says they were going about with their work when anti-riot police emerged with six pickup trucks and rounded them up.
Tourism minister Ephraim Kamuntu has condemned the fracas in which legislators exchanged blows on the floor of parliament. Parliament this afternoon degenerated into a fist-fight moments after the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga gave Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi a go-ahead to present a motion seeking for the amendment of Article 102 b of the constitution, paving way for the possible removal of presidential age limits.
Some NRM party legislators supporting the lifting of the presidential age limits say they will consult widely with their constituents before taking a decision. The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga today announced that parliament had allowed Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi to present a motion seeking for the amendment of Article 102b of the constitution, paving way for the possible removal of presidential age limits.
Godfrey Mtabaazi, the Executive Director, Uganda Communication Commission, which regulates Telecom services in the country declined to comment, saying he was busy and hang up his phone.
The exchange came moments after the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga announced that parliament had allowed Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi to present a motion seeking for the amendment of Article 102 b of the constitution, paving way for the possible removal of presidential age limits.
More arrests have been reported in Mbale and Lira districts as youths staged protests against the proposed removal of presidential age limits from the constitution.
ULS President Francis Gimara says that the move being championed by Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi runs counter to all principles of democratic constitutionalism adding that the age limit debate needs to be married to the Presidential term limits which were removed from the 1995 constitution in 2005.
Police subjected the MPs to rigorous checks to ensure that none of them accesses the chambers with any materials meant for demonstrating or causing chaos.
Joseph Ssenzoga, the Masaka District FDC General Secretary, says they decided to stage the procession to show their dissatisfaction with the proposed scrapping of article 102 b from the constitution.
The acceptance of the motion was announced by the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga after amending the order paper issued earlier in the day. She announced that Parliament was accepting four of the seven notices for motions issued by private members over the last one week.
Swaibu Nsamba, the Katikamu North Forum for Democratic Change party Chairperson, says the arrest is meant to intimidate and silence those opposed to the presidential age limit removal.
Isaac Kagezi, the Assistant Manager Kyenjojo FM, says the fire started from a short circuit. He explains that the two presenters who were on air suddenly saw smoke from the studio.
Denis Muhumuza Savimbi, the Itojo Sub county LC V councilor, said they had resolved to support the proposed amendment of article 102 b of the constitution.
