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Detained Ugandan opposition figure released after paying bail

FILE PHOTO: Veteran Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye participates in a protest against soaring consumer prices in Kampala, Uganda May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

A veteran Uganda opposition figure was released on Monday after a court slashed his cash bail that forced him to spend nearly two weeks in custody, his lawyer and an aide said.

Kizza Besigye had been charged on May 25 with inciting violence after being detained a day earlier in the capital Kampala as he rallied supporters to protest against soaring commodity prices.

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