When Mayombo blocked Besigye from going to Kenya in 2001

23rd February 2025

“I checked in normally, the immigration officers stamped my passport and I even got a boarding pass," A fuming Besigye said as he narrated his ordeal to the press

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Former CMI chief Nobel Mayombo.

Muwonge C.W Magembe

Columnist @New Vision

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Among prominent retired soldiers in Africa, Dr Kizza Besigye (colonel) and Olusegun Obasanjo (general) of Nigeria, have a passion for rearing large pigs.

In 1982, when Besigye was going

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When Mayombo blocked Besigye from going to Kenya in 2001

“I checked in normally, the immigration officers stamped my passport and I even got a boarding pass," A fuming Besigye said as he narrated his ordeal to the press

Former CMI chief Nobel Mayombo.

Muwonge C.W Magembe

Columnist @New Vision

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