Ugandan opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye is currently stranded at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, after several airlines denied him a chance to travel aboard their planes to Entebbe.

Besigye had planned to travel back to his country on Wednesday to lead protests to coincide with the swearing ceremony of the Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni slated for Thursday. However, when he arrived at the JKIA on Wednesday at six in the morning, he was barred from boarding the KQ (Kenya Airways)flight that he had planned to board on what the personnel said were security reasons. It was later revealed to the members of the press that the Ugandan government had indicated that any airline that would carry Besigye will be denied landing rights at the Entebbe Airport. The KQ flight that Besigye was meant to fly with had other dignitaries from Kenya who were headed to Uganda for the swearing in ceremoiny of President Museveni. They included Kenya's retired president Daniel arap Moi.

After being denied permission to board the kenya Airways (KQ) Nplane, Besigye made frantic efforts to board an Air Uganda flight that was next on queue, but he was also denied a place. In a hurriedly convened press briefing, Dr Besigye accused the Ugandan government and President Museveni of playing dirty politics. He said that the order to bar him from traveling home 'came from above'. He also added that this was a plot by president Yoweri Museveni to delay his arrival in Kampala until the swearing in ceremony is over.

Dr Kizza Besigye has been in Kenya for treatment after he was attacked by the Ugandan security forces when he attempted to drive into Kampala city on April 28.
He has been leading protests against what he and his supporters termed as raising costs of living since April 11. He has so far suffered multiple injuries, including a gunshot wound to his hand. He too has been opposed to the election of Yoweri Museveni as the president of Uganda, claiming that he election was rigged, a view supported by Africa Union and European Union observers. Before turning arch-rival of Museveni's, Dr Besigye once was an ally of the Ugandan president during the civil war that later saw Yoweri ascend to power in 1986.