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.

Besigye was arrested in Kenya and taken across the border to a Ugandan military jail, according to his wife, Winnie Byanyima, head of the U.N. HIV/AIDS program.

Veteran Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared in a military court in Kampala on Wednesday, accused of seeking to compromise national security, after his reported abduction in neighbouring Kenya at the weekend.

The head of the UN’s HIV program UNAIDS said her husband Kizza Besigye, a former Ugandan opposition politician, had been kidnapped by the country’s government. Besigye was the personal doctor to now-President Yoweri Museveni in the 1980s, when the latter was a rebel leader.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been charged with possession of an illegal firearm after appearing in a military court days after he was reported missing during a book launch in Kenya.

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 appeared in a military court in Kampala on Wednesday after his reported abduction in neighbouring Kenya.

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

The wife of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye says he has been kidnapped and is now being held in a military jail. In a post on X, Winnie Byanyima wrote that her husband had been seized in Kenya's capital Nairobi last Saturday during a book launch event.

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.

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.