many people filled the streets of Koboko Municipality as they matched towards Entele Munka Primary School grounds to mark the 55th Independence celebrations. Most of them wore t-shirts showing their support for the removal Article 102 (b) of the Constitution. As they reached Koboko town, a number of them stopped and carried their MP Evelyn Anite as a show of support for the removal of the Presidential age limit.

Later on, Anite made her way to the venue where the celebrations were taking place. Different speakers and dignitaries made remarks. The Woman MP for the district Margarete Babadir told the audience that the district still had challenges in the education sector. Thereafter, Evelyn Anite told the public that Koboko was steadily developing but she noted that the issue of the proposed amendment needed to be dealt with for the sake of the country. “...district for less than 20 years. Our district called Koboko district, Hon. Margarete Babadir told you; we did not have a district, we were under Arua. Now we can now brag and say we got freedom, got our peace, we got independence from Arua, and now we call ourselves Koboko district. ...and said because you are indiscipline you have this red card, get out of the house. Now they decided to break the microphones and they decided to beat. I want to tell you, my people of Koboko, that they are still with us. Nothing happened to me, they beat themselves because of your prayers, no one touched me, I came back very fine, and it is because of your prayers.” Said, Evelyn Anite – MP Koboko Municipality.

Anite and Babadir told the people who gathered that they would be consulting them on their views regarding the amendments. “100% the power belongs to you, it is you to decide yes or no.” “What you tell me, I will go with that message to the Parliament, and I will tell them what the people of Koboko have said. We shall move village by village. Now I want us to have peace, this is our independent state.” Anite added that the power belonged to the people and a peaceful debate was the best way to deal with contentious issues. “We are going back to the Parliament, the Speaker has told us; go and ask your people if they actually want us to amend the Constitution. I want you to understand this; amending the Constitution, people with 75 years should not stand for the presidency.” Last week the Speaker of Parliament sent MPs on recess to allow time for them to consult with their Constituencies on the Constitutional amendments proposed by a Bill tabled by the Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi.