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Dr Kizza Besigye
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Besigye speaks: My abductors pretended to speak Swahili, passed Malaba border without checks

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Ugandan opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye and his companion Hajj Obeid Lutale in the dock at General Court Martial at Makindye, Kampala on November 20, 2024.

Photo credit: Abubaker Lubowa | Nation Media Group

Ugandan opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye has spoken out for the first time about what exactly happened in Nairobi when he and his colleague Hajj Obeid Lutale were abducted last week.

He narrated to a delegation of People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) leaders how they were ambushed by Ugandan security agents who spoke both Swahili and Ugandan languages.