Mr. Kizza-Besigye organized undergraduates to condemn the forceful arrest of a black Harvard undergraduate saying "it’s just become more obvious to me that there is an acute and systematic failure on almost every level of administration to secure black lives on this campus".

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His father has reacted to his son's move saying he is just an "activist for his rights"and he did nothing wrong because a black student had been oppressed.

On influencing his son

The four-time presidential candidate responded to questions of whether he has influenced his son to be politically aggressive saying "if there is any influence that comes from us, it is simply to grow up knowing up that you have to stand up for your rights".

He also said he would never discourage his son from doing what he did at his university.

The FDC strong man's political tenure is characterized by constant detentions by the government operatives and fights for freedom.