Uganda’s opposition leader back under house arrest
by Fred Ojambo,
2016-02-23 10:38:06.0
KAMPALA — Uganda’s main opposition leader is back under house arrest after he tried to march on electoral commission offices to protest the results of last week’s vote that saw him lose to President Yoweri Museveni.
Kizza Besigye returned to his home about 10pm on Monday, with police deploying more forces outside, his wife, Winnie Byaniyma, said on her Twitter account. Officers had seized the four-time presidential contender that morning as he tried to begin a march, holding him at a police station northeast of the capital, Kampala.
Mr Besigye’s party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), said on Twitter that four of its staff were charged with inciting violence and were released on bail. Police spokesman Fred Enanga did not answer calls on Tuesday seeking comment.
Uganda’s electoral commission said on Saturday that Mr Museveni won the February 18 vote with 61% of ballots amid international concern over the elections’ credibility. That result extends his three-decade rule of the continent’s biggest coffee exporter as it plans oil production in the next two years.
Mr Besigye had been under house arrest since Friday. The FDC was doing its own vote-tally.
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Ugandan police stand guard outside the oposition leader Kizza Besigye's house in Kampala on February 21, 2016. Picture: AFP/CARL DE SOUZA
KAMPALA — Uganda’s main opposition leader is back under house arrest after he tried to march on electoral commission offices to protest the results of last week’s vote that saw him lose to President Yoweri Museveni.
Kizza Besigye returned to his home about 10pm on Monday, with police deploying more forces outside, his wife, Winnie Byaniyma, said on her Twitter account. Officers had seized the four-time presidential contender that morning as he tried to begin a march, holding him at a police station northeast of the capital, Kampala.
Mr Besigye’s party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), said on Twitter that four of its staff were charged with inciting violence and were released on bail. Police spokesman Fred Enanga did not answer calls on Tuesday seeking comment.
Uganda’s electoral commission said on Saturday that Mr Museveni won the February 18 vote with 61% of ballots amid international concern over the elections’ credibility. That result extends his three-decade rule of the continent’s biggest coffee exporter as it plans oil production in the next two years.
Mr Besigye had been under house arrest since Friday. The FDC was doing its own vote-tally.
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