By Gerald Businge on August 12, 2015
Constitutional Amendment bill 2015, Parliament, uganda
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Parliament passed the Constitutional Amendment bill 2015 with support by most of the opposition members. 277 MPs were in favour of the bill, one abstained and six opposed out of 284 total members. The bill has allowed the independent members of parliament less than 12 months to cross to political parties of their choice. The bill that was passed […]
By Gerald Businge on July 31, 2015
cabinet, Constitutional Amendment bill 2015, Parliament, uganda
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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 […]