Members of parliament have been recalled from their short recess tomorrow.
Information from parliament’s public relations office indicates that the House will sit at 2.00pm to consider the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2015.
The Bill seeks to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act 2002 to harmonize the definition of “funds” with that in the International Convention on the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 1999;
It is also aimed at amending the definitions of “terrorism” and “acts of terrorism” to include the international aspects envisaged by the convention; and for related purposes.
It also seeks to provide a suite of measures which are specifically designed to strengthen and improve Uganda’s counter-terrorism legislative framework to comply with Uganda’s international obligations and respond to terrorism threats.
It was referred to the Defense and Internal Affairs Committee on 30th April 2015.
