HILLARY BETT
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni now says that the detained opposition politician’s hunger strike is an ‘unprincipled blackmail.’
In a statement responding to concerns raised by Ugandans over the detention, Museveni said Besigye is accused of serious crimes and cannot threaten the country with a hunger strike.
He went on to say that the opposition politician did this, just to get sympathy from the public and to be able to get bail.
The Ugandan President insisted that Ugandans should focus more on why Besigye was arrested.
He said the opposition politician was arrested for things he was planning to do, adding that the solution to his troubles would be a quick trial, which Besigye can ask for.