Can’t walk, drive or fly? So why is Besigye’s star rising?

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye arrives at Nairobi Hospital on a stretcher on April 29, 2011 night after he was injured in demonstrations in Kampala the previous day. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI

The battle between Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni and his archrival Kizza Besigye turned nasty on Thursday, April 28.

As has now been widely reported — indeed, the video has gone viral — the police used guns to smash the windows of Besigye’s car.