Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Five Years for Judges, New Name for EC

Cabinet on Friday began considering the proposed Constitutional reforms, with President Museveni insisting on abolishing bail for capital offences.
Source at the special cabinet meeting at Parliament said ministers elected to prioritise judicial and electoral reforms, arguing that these were time-bound.
"Other proposals were not introduced. So, it's very difficult to say which ones would be skipped right now," one source said late last week.
Although activists are pushing for the restoration of presidential term limits, which were scrapped by Parliament in 2005, cabinet, according to our source, shelved that debate, including that on presidential age limit, and the land question, among others. Read more

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