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Ugandan Opposition Figure Appears in Military Court Following Controversial Incident in Kenya

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Kizza Besigye, a former Ugandan presidential candidate, has been charged with security-related offenses, including illegal possession of firearms and negotiating to buy arms abroad. He was brought to the Makindye General Court Martial in military custody. Besigye's wife claims he was kidnapped in neighboring Kenya last Saturday, but authorities dispute this account. The charges against Besigye are part of a broader context of tensions between the government and the opposition, with Besigye having run against President Yoweri Museveni in four elections and repeatedly rejected the results due to allegations of fraud and voter intimidation.

  1. KE
    Korir Sing'oei
    1. Kizza Besigye visits Kenya many times, he is a leader who has friends, family here... [but] he didn't tell us that he was coming to Kenya as the foreign affairs ministry, or that he needed any facilitation. We understand him, we value him and we hope that his situation can be resolved by the neighbouring country.
  2. UG
    Chris Baryomunsi
    1. So being arrested from Kenya should not be a problem. The assurance we give the country is that the [Ugandan] government does not arrest somebody and keeps him or her incommunicado for a long time.
  3. UG
    Erias Lukwago
    1. The manner and circumstances surrounding his arrest are really disturbing to us... [it] is shrouded in mystery. The government of Kenya owes us an explanation.
  4. UG
    Winnie Byanyima
    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS
    1. I request the (government) of Uganda to release my husband Dr Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately.
    2. I am now reliably informed that he is in a military jail in Kampala.
  5. UG
    Kituuma Rusoke
    Uganda Police Force
    1. As police, we don't have him, so we can't make any comment.

sources

  1. 1.The New York Times
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.Al Jazeera
  5. 5.The Washington Post
  6. 6.Agence France-Presse
  7. 7.New York Times
  8. 8.Reuters
  9. 9.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.Ethnic tensions
  2. 2.Coup d'état
  3. 3.Kidnapping
  4. 4.Kenya under William Ruto
  5. 5.Uganda under Yoweri Museveni

countries

  1. 1.SwitzerlandCH
  2. 2.GreeceGR
  3. 3.KenyaKE
  4. 4.UgandaUG

organizations

  1. 1.Forum for Democratic Change
  2. 2.UNAids
  3. 3.Freedom House
  4. 4.United Nations
  5. 5.General Court Martial
  6. 6.Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS
  7. 7.Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
  8. 8.Luzira Prison
  9. 9.Pan-African Opposition Leaders Solidarity Network

persons

  1. 1.Joseph Kabila
  2. 2.Kizza Besigye
  3. 3.Korir Sing'oeiKE
  4. 4.Winnie ByanyimaUG
  5. 5.Yoweri Museveni
  6. 6.Erias LukwagoUG
  7. 7.Felix Kulayigye
  8. 8.Haji Obeid Lutale
  9. 9.Abdi Latif Dahir
  10. 10.Bobi Wine
  11. 11.Chris BaryomunsiUG
  12. 12.Isaac Mwaura