Ugandan lawmakers brawled over the president’s effort to extend his rule. Now broadcasting parliamentary hearings is illegal.

NAIROBI — This week, as lawmakers debated one of the country’s most important bills, Uganda’s parliament turned into an ultimate fighting ring. Parliamentarians hurled chairs at each other and swung microphone stands like swords. Men were torn from the room by their blazers and women by their dresses. Some people wailed and cried. That fight […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/28/ugandan-lawmakers-brawled-over-the-presidents-effort-to-extend-his-rule-now-broadcasting-parliamentary-hearings-is-illegal/