The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Wafula Oguttu has proposed that the district woman parliamentary seats be offered to political parties according to the proportion of votes received by each party during national general elections.

Wafula Oguttu, who is also the MP for Bukooli Central said this while he was presenting the Opposition responce to the President’s State of the Nation Address.

He says the practice of electing woman MPs basing on the performance of political parties is not new in the world. It is practiced in continental Europe, Latin America, Southern Africa and all former African French territories, Spanish colonies and Portuguese colonies. Ugandan Constitution provides for universal adult suffrage for constituency and district women parliamentary seats; and electoral colleges for special interest groups such as the Youths, Workers, the Army and Persons With Disabilities.

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