The opposition leader in Uganda Kizza Besigye, was arrested Thursday in Kampala during a demonstration against high prices, the police dispersed with tear gas. He will remain in custody until at least Wednesday, April 27, said a magistrate. This is the third time that Dr Besigye was arrested in such circumstances a few days.
Monday he was briefly arrested together last week during protests against rising fuel prices in particular. On Thursday, he was out of Kampala, when he left his car and that hundreds of people singing and dancing gathered around him. President Yoweri Museveni (in power since 1986) had warned that it would permit any event, and the police finally intervened when the protest moved closer to Mulago Hospital.
Besigye was arrested while the police were using tear gas against demonstrators, who responded by throwing stones. "He was pushed into a van and taken away ...", said Sam Mugumya, one of his collaborators. "We do not know where he was taken, we will try to know ..." 
Monday he was briefly arrested together last week during protests against rising fuel prices in particular. On Thursday, he was out of Kampala, when he left his car and that hundreds of people singing and dancing gathered around him. President Yoweri Museveni (in power since 1986) had warned that it would permit any event, and the police finally intervened when the protest moved closer to Mulago Hospital.
Besigye was arrested while the police were using tear gas against demonstrators, who responded by throwing stones. "He was pushed into a van and taken away ...", said Sam Mugumya, one of his collaborators. "We do not know where he was taken, we will try to know ..."
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