Uganda plans to amend law, system of government

Uganda polls

Ugandans line up to cast their vote in presidential and parliamentary polls in a past election. PHOTO | FILE 

In what seems to be a throwback to the 1980s Constitutional framework, there are plans in Uganda to amend the Constitution and adopt a parliamentary system, in which Parliament forms the electoral college that elects the president.

This would be a departure from the practice by other member states of the EAC that have a presidential system, in which a president is elected through universal suffrage.