Members of Parliament have started debating the Constitutional Amendment bill 2015 after the Cabinet agreed to withdraw the contested clause 4(1) (g)  in the proposed constitutional amendment bill, which sought to amend clause 83 of the Constitution on the matter related to MPs crossing from one political party to another. This was communicated to parliament by the deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana in today’s sitting chaired by the deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah.

Rukutana told parliament that this matter on Clause 4 (1) (g) will be sent to a Constitutional Review commission.In today’s debate some MPs called for restoration of presidential term limit for credibility of members of parliament.

The Member of Parliament for Buyaga West  Barnabus Tinasimiire said that term limits have to be returned in the constitution to improve on the image of parliament in public which is saying that the term limit was removed after bribing MPs. The woman MP Butambala district Marriam Nalubega said  that parliament should review term limits for both MPs and the Presidency.

The MP for Mbale municipality Wamai Wamanga said that MPs should ensure that the Constitution captures the issue of the country having a running mate for any presidential candidate so as the vice presidents are having instrument of power.

West Budama south MP Jacob Opolot said that parliament should see that the constitution stipulates who is an independent MP because most of the independent MPs in parliament belong to different political parties and their names are in party registers. Budadiri west representative Nathan Nandala Mafabi asked MPs to pass laws that will not affect them as well as the people they represent because 70%  of members of Parliament in the current parliament may return. He appealed to MPs to debate the Constitution Amendment bill keeping in mind that these laws will not catch up with them soon.