The former presidential candidate, according to highly placed security sources, was airlifted to Moroto at around 6pm after his arrest earlier on Wednesday in downtown Kampala, but Police would neither deny nor confirm having transferred him to Karamoja region.
“Who gave you that information?” Police Spokesman Fred Enanga said when contacted. He added: “What I know is that he (Besigye) is in custody and in a gazetted place.”
Dr Kizza Besigye skirted 24-hour security surveillance at his Kasangati home in Wakiso District to unexpectedly emerge in the city’s busy business district, attracting frenzied crowds. READ MORE
