Ugandan opposition politician ‘kidnapped’ in Kenya, taken to military jail

Kizza Besigye’s woman says he was seized successful Nairobi and is being held successful a Kampala jail, arsenic she calls for his contiguous release.

Prominent Ugandan guidance leader Kizza Besigye has been kidnapped successful neighbouring Kenya and taken to a subject jailhouse successful Uganda, according to his wife.

Winnie Byanyima, nan executive head of nan United Nations programme connected HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), called connected nan Ugandan government, successful a station connected X, to merchandise her hubby immediately.

He was kidnapped past Saturday while he was successful nan Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to be a book motorboat arena of different politician, according to Byanyima.

“I americium now reliably informed that he is successful a subject jailhouse successful Kampala,” she wrote. “We his family and his lawyers request to spot him. He is not a soldier. Why is he being held successful a subject jail?”

The Ugandan authorities and subject person not commented connected nan incident.

Besigye is scheduled to look earlier a subject tribunal connected Wednesday, 1 of his lawyers said.

“The latest accusation we person is Besigye is successful subject cells successful Kampala and nan service is readying to nutrient him successful nan General Court Martial today,” Erias Lukwago told nan AFP news agency, quoting sources wrong nan military.

“We are yet to found nan charges against him,” he added.

Ugandan constabulary spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke told nan Reuters news agency that nan constabulary do not person him and cannot remark connected his whereabouts.

Korir Singoei, Kenya’s overseas affairs main secretary, told section media that Kenya was not progressive successful nan alleged incident.

Kizza Besigye is arrested by riot constabulary successful Kampala, Uganda, successful February 2016 [File: Ben Curtis/AP Photo]

In July, Kenyan authorities arrested 36 members of Besigye’s Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, 1 of Uganda’s main guidance groups.

They were past deported to Uganda, wherever they were indicted connected charges related to “terrorism”.

Besigye has been arrested galore times complete nan years. He was erstwhile nan individual expert for Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during nan country’s rebel-led warfare but later became an outspoken professional and governmental opponent.

He ran against Museveni, who has ruled nan East African state since 1986, 4 times. He mislaid each nan elections but rejected nan results and alleged fraud and elector intimidation.

Over nan decades, Museveni’s authorities has been accused of repeated quality authorities violations against guidance leaders and supporters, including forbidden detentions, torture and extrajudicial killings.

Authorities successful Uganda person rejected these accusations, claiming those arrested are being held legally and taken done owed process successful nan judicial system.

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