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PHOTOS: A look at the love, defiance, struggle as Kizza Besigye celebrates 61 years today

Moses Abeka by Moses Abeka
April 22, 2017
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Dr. Kizza Besigye is one of the most recognised faces in Uganda for the last 17 years. The medical doctor chose to leave the hospital wards and theatres and opted to fight for the liberation of Uganda.

NRA won the battle in 1986 and took over power but for Kizza Besigye, its not yet over. He shipped out of NRM government. He has unsuccessfully ran for the presidency in 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2016 presidential elections, losing all of them to the incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who has been President since 26 January 1986.

Today, he is the face of the opposition politics in the country. We at a brief look at his life.

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In the beginning…

Kizza Besigye (circled) in 1986 after NRA took over power.

Then the struggle of an opposition leader

When bae got your back no matter what…

And the love…

 

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