Kizza Besigye

Otunnu's return was welcomed by his fellow oppositonists: the Forum for Democratic Change led by ex-Museveni ally Kizza Besigye which draws support from the west and dissidents from Museveni's National Resistance Movement; and the long-established Democratic and Conservative Parties which draw support from the south-west...

Museveni's most credible challenger remains Kizza Besigye whom he defeated controversially in 2001 and 2006...

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has little chance at the 2011 election of unseating President Yoweri Museveni who has held power for 22 years ignoring a constitutional limit on presidential terms...

Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) will be thrust into a Catch-22 situation: after twice running against Museveni he is still the most credible challenger but faces internal accusations that by seeking to stand again in 2011 he is no different from Museveni...

Independent Ugandan journalists are suspected of links to his political opponent Kizza Besigye...

His key challenger remains the FDC led by the President's former army doctor Kizza Besigye who hopes to eat away at Museveni's rural support...

Kizza Besigye's opposition Forum for Democratic Change remains the principal threat and will exploit any failure to end the war...

Many Ugandans compare the Kenyan election to the 2006 contest between Museveni and Kizza Besigye (AC Vol 47 No 5)...

Two big trials – for treason against the opposition leader Warren Kizza Besigye and for corruption against the former Health Minister Major General Jim Muhwezi and two former junior ministers – will restart and gradually fall apart...

Such was his loyalty to Museveni that he arrested his own brother Okwir Rabwoni for campaigning on behalf of opposition leader Kizza Besigye in 2001...