Reuters —A prominent Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya over the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail in Kampala, his wife said on Wednesday.
“I request the (government) of Uganda to release my husband Dr Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately,” said his wife Winnie Byanyima.
A spokesman for the Ugandan military could not be immediately reached for comment.
“As police, we don’t have him, so we can’t make any comment,” Ugandan police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke told Reuters.
Besigye, who was Museveni’s physician during the guerrilla war but later became an outspoken critic, was kidnapped on Saturday during the launch of a book by veteran Kenyan opposition politician Martha Karua, Byanyima wrote on the social media platform X.
Persons:
Kizza Besigye, Yoweri Museveni, “, ”, Winnie Byanyima, Kituuma Rusoke, Martha Karua, Byanyima
Organizations:
Reuters, Besigye’s Forum, Democratic, UNAIDS, United Nations
Locations:
Kenya, Uganda, Kampala
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