The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge by Museveni's opponents, who had appealed against a constitutional court ruling that removed an age cap of 75 for presidential contenders.
KAMPALA – Uganda's top court paved the way on Thursday for the country's 74-year-old leader Yoweri Museveni to seek a sixth term in office, upholding a ruling to scrap presidential age limits.
A bill removing presidential age limits was signed into law in December 2017 after a chaotic passage through parliament that saw MPs engaging in fisticuffs.That decision sparked protests and an outcry from the opposition, which accused the president of seeking to rule for life. While contesting a fifth term in 2016, he said it was not the right time for him to leave as he still had work to do.He is the only president most Ugandans have known in a country where the median age is less than 16.
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