Section 4: Composition of the national conference

(1) The national conference shall consist of the following persons- (a) the chairperson; (b) the vice chairperson; (c) the national political commissar; (d) all members of Parliament; (e) all members of every district executive committee; (f) the chairpersons of all division and municipal movement committees; (g) the chairperson of every subcounty movement committee; (h) the chairperson of every town council movement committee; (i) five members of the National Women's Executive Committee under the National Women's Council Act, elected by the National Women's Executive Committee; (j) five members of the National Youth Executive Committee under the National Youth Council Act, elected by the National Youth Executive Committee; (k) five representatives of the National Organisation of Trade Unions, elected by the National Executive Committee of the National Organisation of Trade Unions; (l) five representatives of the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda, elected by the national executive committee of that union; (m) ten representatives of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces, elected by the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Council; (n) five representatives of the Uganda Police Force, elected by the police council; (o) three representatives of the Uganda Prisons Service; (p) all resident district commissioners who shall be ex officio members; (q) ten representatives of the private business sector elected under the auspices of the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry; (r) five representatives of the Veterans Association. (2) Where the person elected President of the Republic of Uganda is not the person elected chairperson, he or she shall be a member of the national conference. (3) There shall be a chairperson of the national conference who shall be a person nominated by at least two hundred members of the national conference from at least two-thirds of all the districts of Uganda and elected by the national conference. (4) There shall be a vice chairperson of the national conference who shall be a person nominated by at least two hundred members of the national conference from at least two-thirds of all the districts of Uganda and elected by the conference. (5) The Electoral Commission shall appoint a returning officer for the purposes of conducting any elections under this section. (6) The chairperson or vice chairperson may be removed from office by resolution supported by a majority of all members of the national conference on grounds of- (a) inability to perform the functions of his or her office arising out of physical or mental incapacity; (b) misbehaviour or misconduct; (c) incompetence; or (d) failure to convene meetings of the national conference or the national executive committee as required by law. (7) The chairperson and the vice chairperson are each entitled to appear at any proceedings for his or her removal and to be represented there by a lawyer or other expert or person of his or her choice.