The presidents of Kenya and Uganda met near their shared border Saturday to mark the multi-billion-dollar, long-delayed extension of a Chinese-built railway that has left Kenya heavily in debt.
Wine said Friday that he was under house arrest, and his party later wrote on X that he had been “forcibly taken” by an army helicopter from his compound.
Besigye, 69, is a leading opponent of President Yoweri Museveni — in power for nearly 40 years — having unsuccessfully challenged him in four elections.
Uganda has lost between $586 million and $2.4 billion a year because of the anti-LGBTQ law, notably because of frozen financing, British charity Open for Business estimated last year.
The Supreme Court of Uganda ruled that civilians cannot be tried in military courts, leading to the transfer of Besigye’s case to the High Court Civil Division in Kampala.
The anti-graft movement in Uganda has taken inspiration from anti-government demonstrations that have shaken neighbouring Kenya for more than a month, led largely by young Gen-Z Kenyans.
Mkutano huo uliwaacha Wakenya wengi wakishangaa kufuatia mzozo wa kisiasa unaoendelea kati ya Ruto na Raila, pamoja na mzozo wa hivi majuzi kati ya Kenya na Uganda kuhusu uagizaji wa mafuta ya petroli
Bomba hilo lenye urefu wa kilomita 1,443 litasafirisha mafuta ghafi kutoka Ziwa Albert kaskazini magharibi mwa Uganda hadi bandari ya Tanzania
Rais Museveni ameweka marufuku ya kusafiri nje ya nchi kwa Wabunge na watumishi wa umma ili kuokoa pesa kwa sekta zingine zinazopewa kipaumbele
Rais alisema sekta ndogo ya uvuvi inachangia asilimia nne kwenye Pato la Taifa (GDP) na ni ya pili kwa mauzo ya nje ya Uganda baada ya kahawa
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