President Yoweri Museveni has castigated Ugandans debating the removal of age limit, saying they are idlers who lack what to do.
“Those debating age limit, what are you debating? Who has brought that proposal? Don’t waste time with people who don’t have what to do,” Mr. Museveni was quoted as saying while addressing a press conference at State House, Entebbe.
Interestingly, the President’s counsel came in the wake of an earlier meeting held at Kati Kati Restaurant today, convened by National Resistance Movement (NRM) party stalwarts David Mafabi, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Political Affairs; and MPs Simeo Nsubuga and Colonel (rtd) Fred Mwesigye of Kassanda South and Nyabushozi, respectively.
In its deliberations the group urged the NRM party leadership to mobilise members and to initiate ‘consultations’ on a number of issues including ‘whether or not any Ugandan who is 18 years and above should be disqualified from being President of the Republic of Uganda; whether or not term limits should be simultaneously restored and, whether or not a second Chamber of Parliament should be created’.
By press time it was not possible to establish whether the party had sanctioned the Kati Kati meeting.
Meanwhile, the removal of the age limit cap has generated heightened public debate, with sections of Ugandans taking to social media to argue for or against the idea.
