Uganda President Yoweri Museveni admits Kenyan activists were arrested and held in 'the fridge'

Long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni blames "foreign groups" for stoking unrest.

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Last month, eyewitnesses reported seeing Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo being forced into a car by masked uniformed men after a political event where they were supporting Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine.

News of their release was confirmed on Saturday but up to that point the authorities had denied that they were being detained.

In a live interview on Saturday evening, Museveni described the two men as "experts in riots" who had then been put "in the fridge for some days".

The president, who has been in power for almost four decades and is running for another term in office, was responding to a question about the recent deadly youth-led protests in neighbouring Tanzania.