Kizza Besigye: What we know about Ugandan opposition leader's detention

Uganda is facing condemnation following the arrest of the veteran politician while in Kenya.

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Besigye's allies and wife have come out to reveal harrowing details of how the opposition chief was apparently lured to meet his abductors, said to have disguised themselves as Kenyan security agents.

Reports say he was spied on from the time he boarded a plane at Entebbe airport in Uganda for Kenya's capital, Nairobi, where he was picked up, before somehow being transferred to a military court back home without any extradition proceedings.

While Kenya insists it played no role and is investigating the incident, Uganda holds that Kenya was fully aware of the plan, citing intelligence correspondence aimed at tracking Besigye down.

As his detention is extended until next week by a military court in Kampala, we piece together what we know so far.

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