Take the age-limit debate to the Ugandans in a referendum
Uganda’s security forces patrol on a street in Kampala as students of Makerere University protest plans to scrap the presidential age limit from the Constitution. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NATION
Finally the clerics have stated their position on the most divisive matter in Uganda at the moment: Whether the upper limit pertaining to how old someone should be to qualify to run for president of Uganda, should be cast aside.
Currently no one below the age of 35 or older than 75 is eligible. Reports have it that by the next elections in 2022, President Yoweri Museveni will be 77 years old and ineligible to run.
