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Uganda police arrest opposition MP in Abiriga murder probe

By  The EastAfrican

Uganda police have arrested an opposition lawmaker over social media comments which they say is suspect in the assassination last week of Arua Municipality MP Ibrahim Abiriga.

The Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze was seized from her home in Mukono, 25km east of Kampala, on Wednesday morning.

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