🇺🇬🇰🇪 Ugandan politician ‘kidnapped’ in Kenya, taken to military court
Prominent Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has appeared in a military court in Kampala after his wife said he had been kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya.
Besigye, 68, a doctor and critic of President Yoweri Museveni, was brought to the Makindye General Court Martial under a heavily armed military escort on Wednesday.
His lawyer Erias Lukwago said that Besigye appeared in the dock with Hajji Lutale Kamulegeya, another opposition figure. Lukwago said the two men were accused of being in possession of two pistols and soliciting “logistical support in Uganda, Greece and other countries with the aim of compromising the country’s national security”.
“[Besigye] has denied the charges and challenged the court’s jurisdiction to try him, and he has been remanded to Luzira Prison until December 2,” he added.
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Prominent Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has appeared in a military court in Kampala after his wife said he had been kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya.
Besigye, 68, a doctor and critic of President Yoweri Museveni, was brought to the Makindye General Court Martial under a heavily armed military escort on Wednesday.
His lawyer Erias Lukwago said that Besigye appeared in the dock with Hajji Lutale Kamulegeya, another opposition figure. Lukwago said the two men were accused of being in possession of two pistols and soliciting “logistical support in Uganda, Greece and other countries with the aim of compromising the country’s national security”.
“[Besigye] has denied the charges and challenged the court’s jurisdiction to try him, and he has been remanded to Luzira Prison until December 2,” he added.
#Uganda #Kenya
@africaintel