Object of the Bill
The object of this Bill is to amend the National Youth Act—
(a) to remove compulsory membership of every village youth resident aged between eighteen years and thirty years of a village youth council;
(b) to make the decisions of the village youth council binding on all youths in the village;
(c) to exclude non citizen from membership of youth council;
(d) to provide for the Electoral Commission to compile, maintain, revise and update the voters registers at the village and parish levels;
(e) to provide for the Electoral Commission to designate a period for the registration of Uganda citizens who would like to participate in elections of the youth council at the village level;
(f) to reflect the multi party election system in the youth council elections; and
(g) to give the Minister power to make regulations regarding the election of members of the council.
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The National Youth Council (Amendment) Bill, 2008
Sponsored By Hon. Syda N.M. Bbumba (Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development)
Committee: The Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development
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First Reading/Committee
Second Reading
Third Reading
Presentation/Waiting Assent
Assented by President
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Bill passed on 01/01/1970
Bill Withdrawn on 01/01/1970