The wife of Ugandan opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, who was captured by Ugandan agents in Nairobi in 2024, Winnie Byanyima, has disclosed that President Yoweri Museveni's former personal physician is in declining health while being held at Luzira Maximum Security Prison. In an update following a visit by Besigye's personal physician, Byanyima said her husband's condition continues to deteriorate, noting that he is only beginning to respond slowly and painfully to treatment. Meanwhile, she disclosed that prison authorities have refused to transfer Besigye to a private medical facility, forcing his personal doctor to repeatedly travel through heavy traffic to the prison to attend to him. Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye being wheeled away from a past court hearing. Besigye, who started as President Museveni's personal doctor, is a human rights activist and opposition leader in Uganda who has mentored many politicians in the country, including musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine.
