A Nabweru Court magistrate, Justine Atukwasa, has sent Dr Kizza Besigye on remand to an, as yet, unknown prison after he was charged with unlawful assembly.
He will be returned to court next week on April 27. The magistrate refused to entertain a bail application saying there were “other pending matters”.
Reports suggest that Dr Besigye will spend the Easter weekend at a prison in Nakasongola District more than 50 miles north of Kampala City. It is not known whether this is the same prison to which Democratic Party leader Norbert Mao was transferred to in the dead of Wednesday night.
The Forum for Democratic Change leader joins Democratic Party leader Mr Mao, who has now been in detention for three days over the walk-to-work protests, as the second high profile opposition leader detained by the government ever since the campaign against the rising cost of living began on April 11.
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