Uganda lawmakers fight in Parliament

Team Udayavani, Sep 28, 2017, 2:56 PM IST

Kampala (Uganda): Fight broke out in Uganda’s parliament for a second day between lawmakers asking for a change in laws to remove age limits for presidential candidates and those opposing it.

It has been reported that, at least two female lawmakers were being carried out after they collapsed. People exchanged blows and kicks after security personnel were called in to remove lawmakers who had been ordered out of the chambers.

At least 25 MPs opposed to the legislative move were asked by the speaker to leave the chambers after being suspended for involvement in fighting on Tuesday.

Under the existing constitution, eligibility to stand as a presidential candidate has an age limit of 75 years.

President Yoweri Museveni, 73, who is in power for more than 30 years will not be qualified to seek re-election at the next polls in 2021.

The fighting first broke out in parliament on Tuesday, regarding Uganda’s communication regulator to ban live broadcasts of events “inciting the public”.