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Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was allegedly abducted in Kenya’s Capital Nairobi on Saturday last week.
In a statement, Besigye’s wife Winnie Byanyima claimed the politician went missing after he attended the launch of Martha Karua’s memoir, Against The Tide, on Saturday, November 16.
Winnie alleged that Besigye was being held by the Ugandan Military in Kampala, Uganda. She appealed to the Ugandan Government to release her husband.
“I request the govt of Uganda to release my husband Dr Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately. He was kidnapped last Saturday while he was in Nairobi for Hon Martha Karua’s book launch.
“I am now reliably informed that he is in a military jail in Kampala. We his family and his lawyers demand to see him. He is not a soldier. Why is he being held in a military jail?” said Besigye’s wife.
Martha Karua also demanded the release of the Ugandan opposition stating that President Kaguta Museveni and his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto should come clean on his safety and whereabouts.
“Let @KagutaMuseveni and @WilliamsRuto come clean on the safety and whereabouts of @kizzabesigye1 @jumuiya @AUC_MoussaFaki @AUC_PAPS @achpr_cadhp @UNHumanRights @UN @antonioguterres,” Karua wrote on her X account.
Besigye was reportedly last seen at an apartment on Riverside Drive in Nairobi’s Westlands estate where he had attended a meeting with unidentified people.
He is one of the biggest critics of President Museveni and has been arrested and beaten up by the Ugandan police several times.
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