![]() 1) of 2018 upon the Presidential assent thereto, the five consolidated Constitutional Petitions named herein were severally lodged in this Court each challenging the validity of specific provisions of the Constitution (Amendment) Act (No. 1) of 2018.Īggrieved by the passing of the Bill by Parliament, which became Constitution (Amendment) Act (No. The Bill then became the Constitution (Amendment) Act (No. Parliament passed the Bill as amended by the aforestated motions and it was sent to the President for his constitutionally required assent, which he did. The other motion sought to reinstate the Presidential term limit, which a previous Parliament had lifted from the Constitution. The first motion sought to amend the Constitution by extending the tenure of Parliament and Local Government Councils from five to seven years with a rider provision that the amendment would be effective from 2016 when each of the two legislative organs assumed office. In the course of the passage of the Bill in Parliament, more specifically at the stage of the second reading of the Bill, when the House was sitting as a Committee of the whole House, two separate motions were moved to amend the Bill. (iv) To increase the number of days within which the Electoral Commission is required to hold a fresh election where a Presidential election is annulled under Article 104 (6) and, (iii) To increase the number of days within which to file and determine a presidential election petition under Article 104 (2) and (3). (ii) To provide for eligibility requirements for a person to be elected as President or District Chairperson under Articles 102 (b) and 183 (2) (b), ![]() (i) To provide for the time within which to hold Presidential, Parliamentary and Local government council elections under Article 61, ![]() 2 of 2017 in accordance with the provisions of Articles 259 and 262 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda seeking to amend Article 102 of the Constitution by lifting the Presidential age limit provision there from. Leave was granted as prayed and so, he introduced Constitutional (Amendment) Bill No. In 2017, Hon Raphael Magyezi, a member of the 10 th Parliament of the Republic of Uganda, representing Igara County West Constituency, Bushenyi District, moved a motion in Parliament seeking leave to table a private member’s Bill to amend the Constitution. The Petitions each seek, and plead for, various reliefs from this Court by way of orders and declarations and these reliefs prayed for, are set out in full detail here below. The five Constitutional Petitions captioned herein above were severally lodged in this Court pursuant to the provisions of Article 137 (1) & (3) of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and, as well, Rules 3, 4, 5, and 12 of the Constitutional Court (Petitions and References) Rules. RESPONDENTĪBAINE JONATHAN BUREGYEYA …………. Hon Lady Justice Elisabeth Musoke, J.A./JCC IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UGANDA AT MBALEĬONSTITUTIONAL PETITIONS Nos. ![]()
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