Kizza Besigye 'kidnapping': Ugandan opposition taken to military court after alleged Kenya expulsion

Kizza Besigye is charged in a Ugandan military court after his wife says he was kidnapped while in Kenya.

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His appearance comes after his wife said he was kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya last Saturday and sent back home where was being held in a military jail.

In a post on X, Winnie Byanyima wrote that her 68-year-old husband had been seized in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, during a book launch event - and she demanded the Ugandan government free him.

Besigye was told during the military court hearing, held amid heavy security, that he would remain in custody until 2 December.

Besigye - who has contested and lost four presidential elections against President Yoweri Museveni - appeared along with his co-accused, opposition politician Obedi Lutale, who also denied the charges.

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