REVEALED: Kizza Besigye's Final Moments Before Abduction In Kenya

REVEALED: Kizza Besigye’s Final Moments Before Abduction In Kenya

NARC Kenyan party leader Martha Karua shed light on Wednesday on the events leading up to Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s abduction on Kenyan soil.

In a press statement issued by the Pan African Opposition Leaders Solidarity Network, Karua stated that Besigye was invited to the launch of her book Against the Tide on Sunday, November 17, but he did not show up.

“Besigye was scheduled to attend and speak at Martha Karua’s book launch on Sunday, November 17 where he was a no-show,” read the statement in part.

“His family and friends have not been able to trace him since he was dropped at riverside apartments and calls on his phone have gone unanswered.”

Press release by pan African opposition leaders solidarity network on the recent abduction of Besigye in Kenya. @MarthaKarua pic.twitter.com/lxDaz2ZHla
— FARAH OMAR ABDI🇰🇪❤️ (@OmarrFarah1) November 20, 2024

The statement also indicated that Besigye had checked into the Waridi Paradise Hotel on Saturday.

Later, he left with a taxi driver to attend a meeting at 108 Riverside Apartments on Sunday, and his taxi driver waited for him until 4 a.m. when he gave up after receiving no response to his several messages.

It is assumed that Besigye was taken after being dropped off at the location.

In a separate interview, Karua revealed that they had received panicked calls from Besigye followers concerned about their leader’s safety.

Besigye’s aides stated that he was due to meet with senior Ugandan officials prior to his disappearance.

The news of the disappearence and abduction of Dr. Kiiza @kizzabesigye1 from Kenya is of greatest concern.

According to his family, Dr. Besigye was abducted on Saturday in Nairobi and is suspected to be under military detention here in Uganda. This is most unfortunate!

A few… pic.twitter.com/Fr0UIu3Xdy
— BOBI WINE (@HEBobiwine) November 20, 2024

The Pan-African opposition leaders called on Kenyan security authorities, particularly the Nation Police Service (NPS), to account for Bessigye’s kidnapping while on Kenyan land.

“We hold both the Governments of Kenya and Uganda responsible for the safety and whereabouts of Besigye and challenge them to conduct their cross-border operations in accordance with their respective laws and international Human rights law,” the Network demanded.

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It strongly criticized the event, describing the abductions as flagrant violations of national, regional, and international law with impunity.

“Why would governments connive to abduct their citizens across the borders when they have the opportunity to make a formal arrest at home, if unless it is as we suspect, they have no justifiable reasons for doing so,” the statement read.

“We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Dr Besigye by his captors who we believe are Kenyan and Ugandan security agencies and an end.”

It comes as the Ugandan government claimed it was seeking to locate the opposition leader and that they were not involved in any way.

REVEALED: Kizza Besigye’s Final Moments Before Abduction In Kenya