Salient among the reforms being advocated, the IPC would like to see put in place, is the institution of a 10 year ban from any public office of a Member of Parliament or Presidential candidate implicated in the any election mal-practice. The legislator would also like to see a law put into place which throws out a member of Parliament from the August house if he is ever convicted even if he lodges an appeal in the higher court.

Lukwago argues that once such a law is in place, it will help put an end to the seemingly high levels of immunity enjoyed by a cross section of MPS citing an example of the Nambooze Vs Bakaluba Mukasa case that is still pending in the Supreme Court.

BYTE: Elias Lukwago