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Uganda Parliament suspends 25 MPs and minister

Thursday, 28 September 2017 10:55 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 28 September 2017 10:56 PM ]

Fistfights erupted in parliament for the second day as MPs from the ruling party pushed for the bill to be introduced.

Daniel Arapmoi
Press TV, Kampala

Uganda’s parliament speaker has suspended a minister and 25 opposition legislators after a brawl over a bill to scrap the presidential age limit. The controversial bill is largely seen as a piece of legislation seeking to allow incumbent President Yoweri Museveni to stay in power.

Our correspondent Daniel Arapmoi has filed this report from Uganda’s capital Kampala.

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