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Byanyima Rejects Baryomunsi Claim: ‘I Am Officially Besigye’s Next of Kin in Luzira’

Summary by Watchdog Uganda
KAMPALA – Winnie Byanyima, wife of detained opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye, has sharply contradicted Minister of ICT and National Guidance Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, insisting she remains the officially registered next of kin for her husband at Luzira Maximum Security Prison. Speaking on January 27, 2026, Byanyima described Baryomunsi’s statement—that Besigye had personally submitted a list of three next-of-kin names excluding her—as a “shameful…
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Watchdog Uganda broke the news in on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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