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Kizza Besigye

Date of Birth: 22 April 1956
Place of Birth: Rukungiri


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Muhoozi purges military again in latest power grab

Africa Confidential understands that the Ugandan leadership is also unhappy with the way military intelligence under Birungi handled investigations into detained opposition leader Kizza Besigye...

Muhoozi's power charge A four-time challenger to President Yoweri Museveni Kizza Besigye was abducted in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in November last year and taken back to Uganda to face a military trial only for the Supreme Court to rule that trying civilians in military courts was unconstitutional...


As protests mount, state repression goes regional

Ignoring a growing international chorus for the release of his perennial rival Kizza Besigye – who once again faces treason charges allegedly for plotting the violent overthrow of the government – Museveni's apology seems to have been triggered by his son's social media vigilantism...

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Karua takes on the autocrats

She also joined the legal team for Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his ally Hajji Obeid Lutaale who have been jailed without bail as they face treason and weapons charges...


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Keeping Martha Karua out of court

The Uganda Law Council's decision to withhold a special temporary certificate for National Rainbow Coalition–Kenya (NARC-Kenya) leader Martha Karua to practise law in Uganda preventing her from defending opposition leader Kizza Besigye on technical grounds relating to her qualifications and nationality suggests political interference at the highest level...

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Rifts threaten Bobi Wine's party

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) of Kizza Besigye also suffered damaging splits allegedly as a result of government plotting (AC Vol 64 No 18 Museveni's divide-and-rule master-class)...


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