The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has ordered the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs Major. General Kahinda Otafiire to present to Parliament the long awaited electoral reforms before the end of April this year.
The Speaker’s directive was as a result of the government statement on the fate of electoral reforms in preparations for the 2021 general elections where the minister indicated that is not in a hurry to present them.
Lwemiyaga County legislator Theodore Ssekikubo was the first to inform the Tuesday parliamentary sitting chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga that the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs Major. General Kahinda Otafiire while at his home in Mitooma told off the speaker about her request to explain the government’s delay in tabling the long awaited electoral reforms.
After this, the minister was then allowed to present a government ministerial statement on the fate of electoral reforms in which he informed legislators that he is no hurry to table the electoral reforms before the supreme court pronounces itself on the age limit petition.
The Minister also disclosed how the constitutional review commission will be established in a period of six months from January.
This compelled the Speaker to order the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs Major. General Kahinda Otafiire to present to Parliament the long awaited electoral reforms before the end of April this year.
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