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Kizza Besigye

Kizza Besigye

🇺🇬Uganda

Rank #333
Score: 39
About Kizza Besigye

Warren Kizza Besigye (b.1956) is a physician, former military officer, and longstanding opposition leader who challenged Museveni in multiple presidential elections. He is known for repeated arrests, a strong pro-democracy stance, and advocacy for accountability and political reform.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Uganda HDI ≈ 0.525 (country context)5/10
Source: UNDP — Human Development / Uganda (2022)
GDP per capita
Uganda GDP per capita (World Bank) — context5/10
Source: World Bank — Uganda country page (2023)
Gini coefficient
Gini (country-level inequality context)3/10
Source: World Bank — Gini index (Uganda) (2016)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (ILOSTAT / World Bank context)3/5
Source: ILOSTAT / World Bank — Uganda labor data (2021)
Freedom index
Freedom House — Uganda (opposition constraints and arrests documented)2/10
Source: Freedom House — Uganda country report (2023)
Corruption index
Transparency International — Uganda CPI context (~26/100)2/5
Source: Transparency International — Uganda page (2023)

Derived Criminal Score
Repeated arrests and charges as an opposition figure (multiple notable cases; no final long-term convictions)8/20
Source: Press coverage and human-rights reporting (2006)