Miria Matembe narrates highs and lows of making the Constitution

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Uganda’s Constitution promulgation, Vision Group will on October 7, publish a comprehensive magazine that highlights the milestones covered under the Constitution. When the National Resistance Army NRA overran Kampala under the leadership of president Yoweri Museveni, the journey to transit to constitutional rule started almost immediately with the issuance of Legal Notice No. 1 of 1986.

In this special episode of Around Uganda, Nelson Kiva speaks with Miria Matembe, a lawyer, women’s rights activist, former minister of ethics and integrity, who was also the member of parliament for Mbarara district.

Matembe narrates the making of the constitution, from her dream of becoming a lawmaker to being appointment to the commission that would put together the 1995 Constitution. How did the Constituent Assembly come to be, and what is the question she asked the president when they ran broke?