Uganda 🇺🇬 MPs disagrees during presidential age-limit debate

Chaotic scenes broke out in Uganda's parliament as MPs debated the contentious removal of the presidential age limit. Tempers flared and lawmakers were filmed brawling after it was alleged an MP had brought a gun into the chamber.

The speaker ordered a search but no gun was found, local media reported.

The age-limit issue is controversial because long-standing President Yoweri Museveni is 73 years old and the limit for re-election is capped at 75.

President Museveni has been in power since 1986 and democratically elected as president since 1996. But the current constitutional age limit would prevent him from standing for a fourth term in the 2021 elections.

UCJ, UNILORIN.