Eight unusual things happening ahead of age limit debate
Security officers on a police truck patrol Kampala streets ahead of the presidential age limit debate in Parliament on Thursday afternoon. PHOTO BY STEPHEN OTAGE
• Lawmakers, known for skipping House sittings, flood Parliament hours before Thursday afternoon proceeding.
• Low-flying police helicopter circles Parliament, something unseen in recent times.
• Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and her deputy Jacob Oulanyah access House through improvised back entrance instead of the main gate.
Police block DP president Norbert Mao (in car) from heading to Parliament where lifting of presidential age limit debate is expected to take place on Thursday afternoon. Mao used vehicle to parliament instead of walking. PHOTO BY SHABIBAH NAKIRIGYA
• Police turn some MPs away from accessing Parliament, block all from parking in the official car park.
• 20 junior ministers in an unprecedented move join two Cabinet ministers for a press conference announcing the Executive’s endorsement of the plan to scrap age limit.
• Arrests, unrests as army, police place city under security lockdown
• Anti-terrorism police and army, carrying military-grade weapons, mass around Parliament
• Gun snatched from a policeman at Gazaland shopping mall on William Street in the city centre
