The wife of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye says he has been kidnapped and is now being held in a military jail. In a post on X, Winnie Byanyima wrote that her husband had been seized in Kenya's capital Nairobi last Saturday during a book launch event.

The wife of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye says he was kidnapped in neighboring Kenya and is being held in a Ugandan military jail.

Winnie Byanyima, a top UN official, said her husband Kizza Besigye, the leader of the Ugandan opposition, was abducted in Nairobi and is being held in a Kampala military jail. Besigye was in Nairobi for the book launch of Kenyan politician Martha Karua.

Missing opposition doyen Dr Kizza Besigye will appear before the army court today according to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesperson Brig Felix Kulaigye. “Go

Kizza Besigye is a longtime critic of strongman President Yoweri Museveni. Besigye's wife says he is being held in military jail despite not being a soldier.

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.

Uganda's opposition figure Kiza Besiyge was kidnapped during his visit to Kenya on Saturday, November 16 according to his wife Winnie Byanyima's statement.

Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was "kidnapped" in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military jail, according to his wife, a top UN official.

Kizza Besigye, a major Ugandan opposition figure, was "kidnapped" in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military jail, his wife, a top UN official, said Tuesday.