In December 2017, the Ugandan parliament passed a Constitutional Amendment which removed the age limit of 75 years for the President and Chairpersons of the Local Council. The President Yoweri Museveni, who has been President of Uganda since 1986,signed the amendment into law in January 2018,and aged '74 years'at (Unsubstantiatedthe evidencetime isof availablesigning, thatsigned the allegedamendment dictatorinto islaw in hisJanuary late 80's)2018. Several opposition leaders and the Uganda Law Society, challenged the constitutionality of the amendment before the Constitutional Court, which (majority) upheld the validity of the amendment. Taking note of the judgments in ''Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala''<ref>''Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala'' AIR 1973 SC</ref> and ''Minerva Mills v. Union of India'',<ref>''Minerva Mills v. Union of India'' AIR 1980 SC 1789</ref> the Supreme Court of Uganda in ''Mabirizi Kiwanuka & ors. v. Attorney General''<ref>''Mabirizi Kiwanuka & ors. v. Attorney General'' [2019] UGSC 6</ref> unanimously upheld the Constitutional Court (majority) finding.
