Amuriat

Last week, the police commended Besigye for conducting peaceful meetings during his consultative tour in Nebbi District, where he aims to rally FDC delegates to reclaim the party's leadership from Nandala Mafabi and Patrick Oboi Amuriat.

Another opposition presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat, arrived shoeless and dishevelled to file his candidacy after being intercepted en route to party headquarters and bundled into a police van.

Bobi Wine, a pop-star-turned-lawmaker who is a critic of Uganda’s longtime president, and Patrick Amuriat are only the most recent opposition candidates to be held or harassed during election season in a variety of African countries.

For me I'm here to pick my papers," Mr Amuriat told journalists at Najjanankumbi before he was violently picked from his car and forced into a waiting police truck that sped off to Kyambogo.

Meanwhile, police in Kabale Town on Sunday blocked Mr Amuriat from accessing Kigezi High School lower playground to address supporters.

Mr Kaheru concurred with Mr Amuriat on Ms Amongi's fate, saying she will be dragged into the dirty Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) politics.