Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is being held in a military jail after being detained in neighboring Kenya’s capital over the weekend and moved to Kampala, according to his wife.

Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is due to appear before a military court on Wednesday, his lawyer said, after his reported abduction in neighbouring Kenya. Phillip Wafula Oguttu, a leading figure in the new party who was also in the FDC,

A prominent Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya over the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail in Kampala, his wife said on Wednesday.

The wife of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye says he was kidnapped in neighboring Kenya and is being held in a Ugandan military jail.

Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was "kidnapped" in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military jail, according to his wife, a top UN official.

Kizza Besigye, a major Ugandan opposition figure, was "kidnapped" in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military jail, his wife, a top UN official, said Tuesday.

A prominent Ugandan politician Kizza Besigye, was kidnapped in Kenya, according to the wife of the political figure; Winnie Byanyima. She also alleged that he is currently being held in a Ugandan cell.

Kizza Besigye is a longtime critic of strongman President Yoweri Museveni. Besigye's wife says he is being held in military jail despite not being a soldier.The wife of well-known opposition politician Kizza Besigye said on Wednesday that her husband had been kidnapped in Kenya and was now in jail in Uganda.