Why CA prohibited anyone above 75 years from serving as president

In 1995, Constituency Assembly delegates enacted a Constitution that prohibited anyone younger than 35 or older than 75 from serving as president. However, on December 20, 2018, MPs passed a bill to scrap Article 102(b) of the Constitution to enable people above 18, the age of consent, to contest for the top office in the land. 317 MPs voted in favour, while 97 voted against the bill. The scrapping of the presidential age limit met widespread opposition from civil rights activists, opposition politicians, and religious leaders. To date, it’s one of the thorny problems in Uganda’s politics. In our Constitution at 30 series, we analyse why CA delegates found it necessary to have a ceiling on the age of Uganda’s president.