Politics

Winnie Byanyima Steps Out of the Diplomatic Shadows to Fight for Her Husband’s Life

The head of one of the world’s most powerful health organisations stood outside her Kasangati home and issued a demand, not a plea, for the release of her ailing husband. Winnie Byanyima says Kizza Besigye cannot walk, cannot speak, and is slowly fading inside a hospital room ringed by prison warders. She wants him home, in Geneva, and she is not asking nicely.