Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has disclosed that he has not spoken to anyone since his arrest in Nairobi.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, November 20, in Uganda at a location where he is being held, Besigye noted that he has not even briefed his lawyers since the incident.
"I have not been in contact with any person since I was arrested in Nairobi, so I could not have any brief with any lawyers. I will be having my own lawyers, but I haven't briefed them," Besigye remarked.
His remarks come after NARC-Kenya party leader Martha Karua gave details about the last moments of the Ugandan opposition leader before he was arrested.
Karua disclosed that Besigye arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, November 16, and checked into the Waridi Paradise Hotel and Suites.
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The opposition leader then left the hotel with a taxi driver for a meeting at 108 Riverside Apartments, Apt. No. C1102 never to be seen again.
"The driver waited for him in the basement parking from about 4:30 p.m. to late evening until around 4:00 a.m. on Sunday when he gave up and left, having received no response to his several messages.
"Kizza Besigye was scheduled to attend and speak at Hon. Martha Karua’s book launch on Sunday, the 17th of November, where he was a no-show. We suspect that Dr. Bessigye may have been abducted after he was dropped at the Riverside Apartments, most likely by Ugandan authorities working in cahoots with and facilitated by Kenyan authorities," karua stated.
On Wednesday morning, Besigye's wife, Winnie Byanyima, pleaded with the Ugandan authorities to release her husband.
"I request the government of Uganda to release my husband Dr. Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately. He was kidnapped last Saturday while he was in Nairobi for Martha Karua’s book launch," she said.
