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IN SUPPORT: Otekat |
By Henry Mukasa
DISTRICT chairpersons and municipal mayors attending a workshop in Kampala yesterday resolved to back the cabinet proposal to lift the presidential term limit.
They also supported the opening up of political space.
The decision is among seven resolutions reached at the end of their two-day retreat in Lubaga.
The resolutions were read out to the press by Uganda Local Authorities Association (ULAA) president, Capt. John Emily Otekat (right).
He said their session was a �special meeting that discussed current developments in the political arena in the country.�
�The district chairpersons fully endorse opening up of political space,� Capt. Otekat said. �On lifting of term limits, the district chairpersons endorsed that too. They have no objection,� he said.
He said the �open cheque� shouldn�t be restricted to President Yoweri Museveni but all future presidents.
�What we agree on as chairpersons isn�t binding but what is bi
nding is what the people of Uganda decide,� he added.
On Wednesday, the National Political Commissar, Dr Crispus Kiyonga told the district leaders that as members of the Movement Conference, they were bound by institutional and political discipline to support NC resolutions. Twenty-six chairpersons and eight mayors attended the workshop.
Kampala mayor and president of Uganda Urban Authorities Association, John Ssebaana Kizito, a DP stalwart, was conspicuously absent.
The leaders backed the holding of presidential, parliamentary and local government elections on the same day.
They also supported the consultations between the Government and political parties and suggested 13 areas on which the talks should be hinged. They include; security, poverty eradication, equity in distribution of national resources, gender and human rights for all Ugandans.
Others are settling insurgency in northern Uganda, disarming the Karimajong, marginalised groups, respect for t
he Movement, investment and decentralisation.
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Published on: Friday, 6th February, 2004
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