Court rejects petition to block vote on removing Uganda's presidential age limit

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Photo:Courtesy

A court in Uganda has declined to issue an interim order restraining legislators to vote on a controversial constitutional amendment Bill seeking to scrap the presidential age limit of 75 years, a judiciary spokesperson said.

 Ugandan Judiciary Senior Communication Officer Solomon Muyita in a phone conversation said that Joy Kabagye, the High Court's assistant registrar, late on Friday dismissed an Opposition petition to block the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to table its report before Parliament and allow the legislators to vote to amend Article 102 (b) to scrap the presidential age limit of 75 years without consulting citizens through a referendum.