There are five candidates in the race but the top leadership of DP has to pick one out of the many. The candidates include DP legal advisor, Mukasa Fred Mbidde, former Makindye Division LC3 chairman, Deo Kijjambu, former KCC councilor representing Kisenyi, John Mary Sebuwufu, DP spokesman, Kenneth Paul Kakande and one Anselm Sebuguzi. But Kakande is being pressurized by Uganda Young Democrats to contest.

The issue of EALA elections has divided DP members to an extent that most of them have started fighting and abusing each other. All factions in the race claim that they have a blessing of the party president Norbert Mao. The elections come after the East African Court of Justice ruled that DP and other Uganda opposition parties represented in parliament have a right to have members in East African Parliament (EALA).

 By Christine Kate

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Making a submission on behalf of the society, the President of the society James Mukasa Ssebugenyi says if the bill is passed into an act in its present state, it can successfully be challenged in the constitutional court.

He also says a big number of articles of the bill contravene and gag the fundamental rights as enshrined in article 29 of the constitution.

Ssebugenyi also says the bill is more prohibitive that regulatory.

He notes that the powers given to the Police to the extent of using fire arms in quelling such unlawful gatherings expose the lives of Ugandans to risk and give the Police so much power which may easily be misused.

He has advised the committee and Government to adopt a bill and include ideas forwarded and reflective of all issues raised by Ugandans so that it’s accommodative to all people.

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