Supreme Court Upholds Lifetime Term for Museveni

President Museveni has been allowed to contest in Uganda’s Presidential Race in 2021, after his 75th birthday. The decision was made by the Supreme Court on Thursday, who upheld a controversial constitutional ruling in 2018 that stated Museveni could run a fifth time.

Led by Chief Justice Bart Katureeba, Justice Eldad Mwangusya read the final court ruling.

"By a majority decision of 4 to 3 on the process of enactment of the act, fails. On the violence scuffle, inside and outside parliament, fails," he said. "On the substantiality test, fails. By unanimous decision of the court, on the vacation of office by the president after attaining the age of 75, fails. The decision of the constitutional court is upheld."