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Uganda’s opposition leader arrested trying to leave his home

Opposition leader and presidential candidate Kizza Besigye speaks to the media while under continued house arrest, at his home in Kasangati, outside the capital Kampala, in Uganda Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016. Besigye urged his supporters to protest his continued detention at home following the country's disputed presidential election and rejected the official results, alleging massive vote rigging. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Opposition leader and presidential candidate Kizza Besigye speaks to the media while under continued house arrest, at his home in Kasangati, outside the capital Kampala, in Uganda Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016. Besigye urged his supporters to protest his continued detention at home following the country's disputed presidential election and rejected the official results, alleging massive vote rigging. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

By Associated Press February 22, 2016 1 min read

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Uganda’s main opposition leader has been arrested by police while trying to leave his home near the capital.

Kizza Besigye had planned to visit the election commission’s headquarters in Kampala Monday to get detailed copies of the results from the country’s presidential election.

Ssemujju Nganda, a spokesman for Besigye’s party, confirmed that Besigye had been taken to an unknown location Monday.

The election commission announced Saturday that long-time President Yoweri Museveni won the election with more than 60 percent of the votes, while Besigye got 35 percent.

Besigye, who has been arrested multiple times in the past week and was later put under house arrest, has alleged massive vote rigging and called the results fraudulent. He said he may petition the country’s supreme court and needs to gather evidence.