Main Opposition Leader Accuses Ugandan Police of Brutality

Uganda’s main opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, has accused President Yoweri Museveni of instigating violence against the opposition ahead of the 2016 presidential election. 

This comes after Ugandan Police over the weekend manhandled Dr Besigye and his entourage while they were en route to Rukungiri District, about 400 kilometers from Kampala for a rally. 

A female member of Dr Besigye’s entourage who is Shadow Secretary for Environment was stripped naked in public, tied up and thrown in the back of a pickup truck. 

The Police said they were simply enforcing the guidelines of the National Independent Electoral Commission. 

A Spokesman was quoted in the local media as saying Dr. Besigye was only a candidate whose nomination has not yet been endorsed by his Party and therefore could not hold public rallies. 

Dr Besigye said there’s no law in Uganda that bars him, as a political leader from holding public rallies. 

VOA