Uganda: Mukasa and Another v Attorney-General (2008) AHRLR 248 (UgHC 2008) parish council; and in the absence of the chairperson, the vice chairperson shall perform those functions; (b)    At the village level- (i)      be the political head; (ii)    preside at meetings of the council; (iii)   monitor the general administration of the area under his or her jurisdiction; (iv)  perform other functions that may be necessary for the better functioning of the council, or which may be incidental to the functions of the chairperson or imposed on the chairperson by the law.   [40.] However, section 6 of the LGA provides that:   (1) Every local government shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name and may, subject to the provisions of the constitution, do enjoy or suffer anything that may be done, enjoyed or suffered by any body corporate. 15 / 19