Uganda, April 25 -- The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs will table before Cabinet a proposal to enable prisoners and Ugandans in the diaspora vote in the 2026 and subsequent elections.

This would mean Ugandans in the diaspora would be able to vote in the 38 countries hosting its embassies in Africa, North America, the Caribbean, Oceania, Asia, and Europe.

"We are ready with our proposal to table to Cabinet soon in order to comply with what the court has proposed," Mr Norbert Mao, the minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, said in an interview with this newspaper yesterday.

However, details of what has been drafted for the Cabinet remains scanty.

The proposal

Mr Mao told Daily Monitor that the proposal will inc...