Forum for Democratic Change’s Col Dr Kizza was last night forcefully driven back to Kampala by police from his home town of Rukungiri, following a flopped court hearing in neighboring Kabale district.
Besigye was in the south western district together with Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, Kawempe MP Mubarak Munyagwa, FDC mobilizer Ingrid Turinawe and other opposition leaders to answer to a 2012 case before the Kabale Magistrates Court.
After the Magistrate failed to show up for the hearing, Besigye essayed to spend the rest of Tuesday at his home in Rukungiri but police would not permit that.
Besigye and his group was intercepted at the Kabale-Rukungiri border and dragged to Rukungiri police where they were sprayed with pepper, apparently for get them out of their cars.
Besigye revealed yesterday that his car was broken into and pepper spray pumped inside through the sunroof.
At the station later in the evening, Besigye, the Lord Mayor and the group were forced into a police van and driven back to Kampala.
Besigye revealed Wednesday morning that he was dropped at his house at around 11:30pm, and that he was feeling unwell following the Rukungiri scuffle.
He revealed he had sore eyes from the pepper spray and that his throat and chest hurt.
“Our broken vehicles were handed back to the drivers at night. They are now on the way to Kampala,” he added.
The Kigezi regional police spokesperson Elly Maate was quoted yesterday as stating that Besigye could not be permitted to proceed to his home district because he would cause security problems there.
Besigye was in April 2001 admitted for a week at Nairobi Hospital after he was near blinded by pepper spray in the heat of the infamous walk to work protests in Kampala.
In the same protests Besigye was shot in the hand with what police said was a rubber bullet.