Section 9: Representatives of Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces The

representatives of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces to Parliament shall be elected by the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Council as follows (a) the Commander-in-Chief shall in consultation with the leadership of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces or any other persons the Commander-in-Chief considers necessary, submit a list of at least twenty and not more than thirty officers or militants to the defence forces council; (b) the defence forces council shall elect the ten representatives of the army from persons nominated by the Commander-in-Chief; one-third of whom shall be women; (c) the Commander-in-Chief shall not nominate a person to the defence forces council unless that person is qualified to be elected a member of Parliament under Article 80 of the Constitution and this Act; and (d) voting by the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Council shall be by secret ballot.