A leading Ugandan opposition determine gave the impression in an army court docket Wednesday days then he was once reported lacking in neighboring Kenya, and denied a fee of searching for army aid from out of the country to destabilize Uganda’s army forces.
Kizza Besigye, a fierce critic of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and as soon as his non-public physician, has confronted arrest and attack on earlier events. He has contested and misplaced 4 presidential elections.
Besigye, who to start with gave the impression in court docket with out attorneys and in a cage, unwanted govt prison illustration and stated he will have to be attempted in a civilian court docket as a result of he’s now not a member of the militia.
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The previous president of the opposition Discussion board for Democratic Trade (FDC) birthday party additionally was once charged with possessing an unlawful firearm, which he denied. He’ll keep in custody till Dec. 2 with FDC member Hajj Lutale Kamulegeya, who was once additionally charged and denied wrongdoing.
Ugandan opposition chief and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, stands within the dock on the Makindye Martial Courtroom in Kampala, Uganda Wednesday, Nov. 20. 2024. (AP Picture/Hajarah Nalwadda)
Besigye’s reappearance got here 4 days then he went lacking in Nairobi. On Saturday his spouse, UNAIDS government director Winnie Byanyima, claimed he have been abducted and installed a Ugandan army prison.
The Ugandan govt has now not commented.
Kenya’s international affairs everlasting secretary, Korir Singoei, advised native media that Kenya was once now not concerned within the alleged incident.
Besigye’s attorney, the Kampala mayor and FDC member Erias Lukwago, expressed fear that his shopper was once arrested out of the country.
“For his liberty to be curtailed in a sovereign state like Kenya, and no actions being taken by the Kenyan government against the sister country violating the territorial integrity of Kenya, that is a very serious matter and we are not going to let it lie down,” he stated.
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Museveni, who has dominated the East African nation since 1986, has lengthy been criticized by way of human rights teams over alleged violations in opposition to opposition figures.
