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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament on Wednesday voted to lift the term limits on the presidency, reinstated term limits in the Uganda constitution and extended the term of Members of Parliament from five to seven years. The Constitution Amendment Bill 2017 first passed into a second reading by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitution Amendment Bill 2017 has passed the Second reading with the requried two-thirds majority. The vote result was 317 YES, 97 NO. For the vote to be carried, it required two thirds which is 289 of 434 MPs. The House has already started considering …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni and his host President Uhuru Kenyatta have today held talks that included a review of progress on the multi-billion dollar Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Project. Uganda and Kenyan officials are committed to a seamless connectivity of the SGR which will cost the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Police chief Gen. Kale Kayihura has vowed that his officers will ensure proceedings in parliament are not interrupted when the constitution amendment bill 2017 comes up for its second reading today. “We support the Parliament and there must be order at Parliament. We …

THIS WEEK: Museveni gives views on age limit, proposes amendment to term duration Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In their final session of consulting key individuals on the proposed amendment of article 102(b) of the constitution to remove presidential age limits, members of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee chaired …

MUSEVENI: We don’t want to hear that science teachers in Kenya are getting better pay than those in our country Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has assured head teachers that the salaries of science teachers are to be increased with immediate effect. “We have met and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The much-awaited second reading of the Constitution Amendment Bill 2017, dubbed the “Age Limit bill”, will be made on Monday at 9am. ” I have received the report of the Legal Committee on the Constitution Amendment Bill. I also received the minority report,” Kadaga …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has ordered security organs other than the police to vacate parliament as tension rises ahead of the second reading of the “Age Limit” consitution amendment bill 2017. Kadaga also asked police to seal off the hallway linking the President’s Office and parliament, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and “sister agencies” are on high alert as parliament resumes this week to receive and debate the constitutional amendment bill which intends to among many changes lift the age limit for the presidency. “We are aware of the opposition’s plan to stage violent …

French domination sparks fight with Chinese   Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Oil companies—Total E&P, Tullow Oil and CNOOC—are locked in a bitter fight for control of Uganda’s oil sector.  The coveted prizes are deals worth about $20 billion. The three entered a partnership in 2012 when Tullow Oil, which …