The Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, was arrested by police from the African country for the fourth time in a month, a day after his release from prison, where he remained for five days, local media reported. Besigye, a candidate for president of Uganda in elections last February, he was again arrested for participating in demonstrations organized by several opposition groups proposing to walk to work in protest at the shortages of fuel and consumer goods basic.
However, unlike the three previous occasions, the arrest this morning came as opposition leader walked the streets of the capital, Kampala, but while driving his car. The police stopped his car near the mall Wandegeya, broke the glass of the car and threw tear gas inside and pepper gas to force out the occupants.
Speaking to local press, Wafula Oguttu, spokesman for the party of Besigye, the Forum for Democratic Change, said the opposition leader had a cut on the face, allegedly caused by flying glass from the vehicle. The opposition organized demonstrations for weeks to call the attention of the government headed by Yoweri Museveni, who has over 25 years in power on rising food prices, fuel and other basic necessities.
Instead, Museveni Executive says the protests have a political objective and try to emulate the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia to eventually dismantle the regimes of both countries. According to local media, the price of consumer goods and inflation pushed up especially during the election campaign for the presidential elections of February 18, in which Museveni was re-elected.
The results of these elections five years extended the mandate of Museveni, who won the election with 68.3 percent of the vote, while Besigye was the most voted candidate, with 26.1 of the vote. 
However, unlike the three previous occasions, the arrest this morning came as opposition leader walked the streets of the capital, Kampala, but while driving his car. The police stopped his car near the mall Wandegeya, broke the glass of the car and threw tear gas inside and pepper gas to force out the occupants.
Speaking to local press, Wafula Oguttu, spokesman for the party of Besigye, the Forum for Democratic Change, said the opposition leader had a cut on the face, allegedly caused by flying glass from the vehicle. The opposition organized demonstrations for weeks to call the attention of the government headed by Yoweri Museveni, who has over 25 years in power on rising food prices, fuel and other basic necessities.
Instead, Museveni Executive says the protests have a political objective and try to emulate the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia to eventually dismantle the regimes of both countries. According to local media, the price of consumer goods and inflation pushed up especially during the election campaign for the presidential elections of February 18, in which Museveni was re-elected.
The results of these elections five years extended the mandate of Museveni, who won the election with 68.3 percent of the vote, while Besigye was the most voted candidate, with 26.1 of the vote.
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