Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995
Composition of Parliament.
- Jurisdiction
- Uganda
- Provision
- 78
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source(1) Parliament shall consist of—
(a) members directly elected to represent constituencies;
(b) one woman representative for every district;
(c) such numbers of representatives of the army, youth, workers,
persons with disabilities and other groups as Parliament may
determine; and
(d) the Vice President and Ministers, who, if not already elected
members of Parliament, shall be ex officio members of
Parliament without the right to vote on any issue requiring a vote
in Parliament.
(2) Upon the expiration of a period of ten years after the
commencement of this Constitution and thereafter, every five years,
Parliament shall review the representation under clause (1)(b) and (c) of this
article for the purposes of retaining, increasing or abolishing any such
representation and any other matter incidental to it.
(3) The representatives referred to in clause (1)(a) of this article shall
be elected on the basis of universal adult suffrage and by secret ballot.
(4) Parliament shall, by law, prescribe the procedure for elections of
representatives referred to in clause (1)(b) and (c) of this article.
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