Kampala battles lawyers over President's age law

Uganda's government says it is preparing a response to the court challenge filed by a lawyers' association against a new law removing a presidential age limit from the constitution. A report on the News24 site notes that the opposition has loudly protested the change, and the Uganda Law Society last week filed a petition arguing that it should be annulled and alleging that the process was flawed. The Uganda Media Centre's executive director, Ofwono Opondo, says the Attorney-General is working on a reply, adding that ‘we have no problem with people who go to court to challenge this legislation.’ As previously reported in Legalbrief Today, Museveni is 73 and would have been ineligible to run in 2021. However, with the new law he could rule until 2031. Critics in the East African nation saw the Bill as an attempt by the President to rule until the grave.