Police in Uganda yesterday arrested Kizza Besigye, the country’s most prominent opposition leader, after firing teargas to disperse his supporters at an anti-government rally in Kampala, the police said.
Mr Besigye, who heads Uganda’s biggest opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), lost a presidential election in February last year to President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for over 26 years.
Mr Besigye denounced the poll as fraudulent and has since refused to recognise the government.
His supporters were at the forefront of widespread anti-government street protests in 2011, which were harshly put down by police.
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– (Reuters)