Ailing opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye was returned to Luzira Prison on Friday evening, August 7,2026 before recovering as he received treatment at Mulago National Referral Hospital, with his wife Winnie Byanyima saying he remained too weak to walk or feed himself, while Health Minister Dr. Chris Baryomunsi said earlier in the day that he was “steadily recuperating.”
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Baryomunsi, who visited Besigye at Mulago on Friday morning, said the veteran opposition politician was recovering under the care of medical workers.
“I paid a visit to Dr. Kiiza Besigye today morning at Mulago Hospital, where he is hospitalised. He is steadily recuperating and I wished him quick recovery,” Baryomunsi said. “I thank the team of medical workers that are attending to him.”
Byanyima, however, said Besigye still required significant assistance when prison authorities transferred him back to Luzira shortly after 7 p.m.
“After 7pm tonight, my partner Kizza Besigye was bundled up and taken back to Luzira Prison,” Byanyima said. “They did not even allow him to eat it.”
She said family members had been assisting Besigye during his admission, including helping him eat.
“His family has been helping to feed and care for him at Mulago because he remains weak and dependent on assistance,” she said.
Neither Mulago National Referral Hospital nor the Uganda Prisons Service had issued a detailed public medical assessment explaining Besigye’s condition at the time he was returned to prison.
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