Eight unusual things happening ahead of age limit debate
• 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 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