15/03/2021
HOW TO RECALL A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
Uganda Constitution
Article :
84. Right of recall.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the electorate of any constituency
and of any interest group referred to in article 78 of this Constitution(Composition of Ugandans Parliament) have the right to
recall their member of Parliament before the expiry of the term of Parliament.
(2) A member of Parliament may be recalled from that office on any of the
following grounds—
(a) physical or mental incapacity rendering that member incapable of
performing the functions of the office;
(b) misconduct or misbehaviour likely to bring hatred, ridicule, contempt or
disrepute to the office; or
(c) persistent deserting of the electorate without reasonable cause.
(3) The recall of a member of Parliament shall be initiated by a petition in
writing setting out the grounds relied on and signed by at least two-thirds of the
registered voters of the constituency or of the interest group referred to in clause (l) of
this article, and shall be delivered to the Speaker.
(4) On receipt of the petition referred to in clause (3) of this article, the
Speaker shall within seven days require the Electoral Commission to conduct a public
inquiry into the matters alleged in the petition, and the Electoral Commission shall
expeditiously conduct the necessary inquiry and report its findings to the Speaker.
(5) The Speaker shall—
(a) declare the seat vacant, if the Electoral Commission reports that it is
satisfied from the inquiry, with the genuineness of the petition; or
(b) declare immediately that the petition was unjustified, if the commission
reports that it is not satisfied with the genuineness of the petition.
(6) Subject to the provisions of clauses (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this article,
Parliament shall by law prescribe the procedure to be followed for the recall of a member of Parliament.
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