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Jailed Ugandan opposition figure Besigye’s health is failing, his party says
Besigye was urgently moved from Luzira Prison to a Kampala medical facility amid critical health decline, with his party demanding full medical access and accountability.
- On Tuesday, Kizza Besigye was driven overnight to a medical facility in Kampala, transferred under heavy security to a clinic at Bugolobi Village Mall.
- Detained on treason charges, Besigye's legal team and supporters say the accusations are politically motivated, while the People's Front for Freedom said his health `has reached a critical and deteriorating state` and demanded unrestricted access by his personal doctors and family.
- Reports from late 2025 described Besigye as frail and often using a wheelchair, but Frank Baine, spokesman for Uganda's prison system, denied failing health, calling it `a general checkup`.
- Winnie Byanyima will address the media this morning as the People's Front for Freedom urges the Ugandan government and prison authorities to act and calls supporters to remain vigilant amid Besigye's declining health.
- On Saturday, the election returned President Yoweri Museveni to office with 71.6%, while Bobi Wine rejected the results as fake amid constitutional changes removing term limits.
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Detained veteran Ugandan opposition figure critically ill in hospital, his party says
The health of detained veteran Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has “reached a critical and deteriorating state”, his party says, after he was taken overnight to a medical facility in the capital, Kampala.The 69-year-old politician was driven to a private medical facility under “heavy security”, the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party said, without specifying what he is suffering from.However, prison authorities denied that Besigye’s h…
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Jailed Ugandan opposition figure Besigye's health is failing, his party says
The health of jailed Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is failing, his party says, after he was driven overnight to a medical facility in the capital of Kampala.
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