 [Al Jazeera] Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, has signed a bill into law that removes a presidential age limit of 75 from the country's constitution.
The move allows the 73-year-old president to run for a sixth term in 2021.
Don Wanyama, senior presidential spokesperson, told news hounds on Tuesday that Museveni had signed the bill on December 27.
The Ugandan parliament had passed the bill on December 20, with 317 politicians voting in favour and 97 against.
Museveni addressed the bill in his end-of-year address on Sunday, saying he saluted the members of parliament who had supported it. 
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