The location where Dr. Kizza Besigye was allegedly abducted from in Nairobi is surrounded by cameras. They declined to give us the footage.
Six months later, Kenyan and Ugandan authorities have not explained what happened
@YusufSerunkuma@observerug To feel important and not to be important. And again, leadership titles in Uganda are a sham. People seek after titles ( form) without substance.
@Hashim11 Some mafias were negotiating to have the Ugandan debt sold;Qatar an alleged interested buyer. Wonder if this is part of the Paris Club loan restructuring system or whether it falls under a different system ?
Happy Saint Anselm’s Day, my dearest Anselm!
We named you after a man who united faith and reason, and you carry his legacy in your thoughtful pursuit of truth and justice.
So proud of the path you’re forging—thinking deeply, living meaningfully. Happy feast.
❤️❤️
Happy birthday @kizzabesigye1, my dearest friend and partner for the last 32 years!
You are 69 today. What a life of courage, conviction, and sacrifice you have lived! Fighting for justice, freedom, and dignity for all Ugandans.
I’m proud to walk with you.
Here’s to love, purpose, and the difficult road ahead.
We shall overcome!
WATCH: A group of youth protesters have staged a mannequin demonstration at Buganda Road in Kampala. The mannequins, each holding signs with messages demanding the release of Dr Kizza Besigye and other political prisoners, have been strategically placed along the road with a megaphone playing a recording repeatedly calling out, “Free political prisoners.”
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Fact is — If Trump actually wants to be the only one that created peace between Russia and Ukraine — he needs Zelenskyy to sign the peace deal. Putin is not at war with America— The US cannot sign the peace deal on behalf of Ukraine despite all the money and support they have offered.
Did that look like a man that can be bullied and cowed down to do America’s bidding? Am not sure what Vance and Trump felt they can achieve from this other than trying to show who has big b@@&s!
If they want peace — they will have to bring Zelenskyy on the table. Putin knows it, the US establishment knows it. Trump and Vance just showed they are amateurs.
Habibi, in 2005, @kizzabesigye1 young brother, Musasizi - Saasi - was arrested and charged with terrorism. Despite the High Court ruling that the trial was illegal, Elly Tumwiine refused to release them and kept him and others in jail.
Eventually, the Constitutional Court freed them. Minutes later, the army and police rearrested them! Saasi and two others were taken to Bushenyi in western Uganda and charged with murder. John Byaruhanga, the man they allegedly killed, it later turned out, was a creation of the state who never existed in first place. It didn't matter, the state kept him for years.
His conditions deteriorated steadily, the state denied him bail - or any form or release for better medication. In fact, it even denied him access to such medication in jail. Months, days, and hours went by - each taking away from his health - and his life. When he was eventually released, it was too late. He succumbed not long after.
It is on the graves of people like Musasizi that NRM has built its - “In some areas you can't win without the NRM flag…” brand. Without their death - and there are many thousands like Saasi - the NRM wouldn't have that tag. It is this tag that young people like @Jacobeyeru want to benefit from. It is on the coffins of people like Saasi that they build their political dreams and construct the roads that lead them to the “eating table”.
Yet, somehow, they get shocked when people get mad at them. You have the right to associate, but you opted to associate with robbers, and killers who have caused untold suffering to millions. That's your right, but it is also the right of those calling you out to do so!
#FreeKizzaBesigye
#SaveKizzaBesigye
On Sunday afternoon, I was overwhelmed with emotions. A wonderful man drove up our drive and delivered a huuuuuuge flower spray, a heart-shaped box of fruits, and six beautifully scented candles!
Tears flowed as I read the card. Thank you, dearest sisters of the Uganda Women’s Movement. My strength, my inspiration, my voice comes from justice movements. Power with 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾.
Recorded in Kampala, Uganda in February 2025, ‘Third Time Lucky’ is a call for Africa’s third liberation sung by Bobi Wine, mixed by Paddyman, and written by Robin Auld and Greg Mills.
The song was released to raise awareness of the rendition and trial by military tribunal of the Ugandan opposition icon, Dr Kizza Besigye. It includes appeals to ‘Free Kizza’ from democrats across the world, including Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk, former presidents Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Andrés Pastrana, Martin Torrijos and Ian Khama, former Prime Ministers Yulia Tymoshenko and Moeketsi Majoro, the Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba, and ministers and opposition leaders from across Africa, Latin America, and Europe.
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