The arrest of a Ugandan opposition figure in Kenya was carried out with Nairobi's knowledge, a Ugandan government spokesperson told AFP Friday."Uganda and Kenya authorities were in the know on the arrest and transfer of Dr Besigye to Uganda,

Kenya's government said it was investigating how a prominent Ugandan opposition leader was spirited out of Nairobi this week, amid growing criticism that it had failed to protect foreign dissidents on its soil.

Uganda’s Minister of Information, Communications Technology, and National Guidance, Chris Baryomunsi, has revealed intricate details about Kenya’s involvement in the arrest of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye.

A well-known Ugandan opposition figure appeared in a military court Wednesday days after he was reported missing in neighboring Kenya, and denied a charge of seeking military support from abroad to destabilize Uganda’s military forces.

Uganda’s Minister for ICT and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi has said the Kenyan government was aware and played a role in the arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye in Nairobi. Speaking on Friday,

A day after the General Court Martial sitting at Makindye remanded up to December 2, veteran opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye and his political ally, Obed Kamulegeya Lutale, details are beginning to emerge how he was kidnapped from Nairobi in Kenya and returned to Kampala.

Kizza Besigye, a former presidential candidate, went missing over the weekend as he visited the Kenyan capital, reappearing days later in military custody back in Uganda.

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.