Besigye woes: He had it coming, so it was a matter of when
Uganda’s veteran opposition politician, retired colonel Dr Kizza Besigye, stands in the steel dock at the General Court Martial at Makindye, Kampala on November 20, 2024.
To political observers, the arrest of Col (Rtd) Kizza Besigye in Nairobi on Saturday and his trial in a military court on Wednesday came off as no surprise but marked the beginning of a circus rehearsed and played at every beginning of an election cycle.
The move, ordinarily planned by the ruling party using its security machinery, is meant to intimidate any serious contender against incumbent Yoweri Museveni.
