{"id":66015,"date":"2023-06-02T19:44:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=66015"},"modified":"2023-06-02T19:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:49:38","slug":"opposition-asked-to-spearhead-struggle-for-constitutional-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/opposition-asked-to-spearhead-struggle-for-constitutional-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition asked to spearhead struggle for constitutional reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makerere University law don, Prof Joe Oloka Onyango has warned Ugandans and the opposition not to wait for a government constitutional Review Commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking at the ongoing opposition MPs retreat in Munyoyo Prof Onyango, advised the opposition to take charge and spearhead the reforms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was discussing a paper titled &#8220;How Does Legislature and courts safeguard the Constitution; lessons from Kenya from 2010 to 2022&#8221;, presented by Juma Owiti, a Kenyan human rights and governance lawyer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof Onyango however says the process should involve all stakeholders from the grassroots level to the academic and MPs themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t wait for the state to bring manners to our table, we must design our own. 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