Ugandan opposition politician kidnapped and jailed, his wife says

The wife of prominent Ugandan opposition figure, Kizza Besigye, said on Wednesday he was kidnapped during a book launch in the Kenya on the weekend and has been transferred to a military jail in Kampala.

The physician and politician has run and lost against incumbent President Yoweri Museveni in four presidential polls since 1986, although he has rejected the results, alleging fraud and voter intimidation.

In a post on X, Besigye’s…