Kenya piles pressure on Uganda to investigate alleged abduction of two activists

Kenyan activists Nicholas Oyoo (left) and Bob Njagi, who have allegedly been abducted in Uganda while joining Bobi Wine’s campaign. (Photo: X/ Bobi Wine)

By Maureen Kinyanjui
Friday, October 3, 2025

In a statement dated October 3, 2025, the Commission said it had requested Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate with local authorities to ascertain the activists’ situation, with efforts underway to secure their safe return.

Kenya has called on Ugandan authorities to urgently investigate the disappearance of two Kenyan nationals who were allegedly abducted in Kampala earlier this week.

The Kenyan High Commission in Uganda confirmed receiving reports that Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo were seized by armed men on Wednesday afternoon in the Kireka area, and their current location remains unknown.

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In a statement dated October 3, 2025, the Commission said it had requested Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate with local authorities to ascertain the activists’ situation, with efforts underway to secure their safe return.

“Two Kenyan nationals, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, were allegedly abducted by armed men around the Kireka area, Kampala, on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, and their whereabouts remain unknown,” the statement read.

“In light of the foregoing, and to address the concerns raised by the families of the two Kenyan nationals, the Mission requests the Ministry’s assistance in liaising with the relevant authorities in Kampala to obtain information regarding the current situation of the missing Kenyans in order for the Mission to take appropriate action in securing their release and safe return to Kenya,” it read further.

The two activists, both members of the Free Kenya Movement led by Njagi, had travelled to Uganda on Monday to join National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Bobi Wine’s campaign trail in Kamuli District.

Videos circulating on social media showed Njagi speaking on stage alongside Bobi Wine and later moving through rural areas with the campaign team.

According to a witness present at the scene, the group stopped at a petrol station in Kireka to fix their car when four armed men, believed to be security officers, forced Njagi and Oyoo into a van.

Their phones were immediately switched off. The witness said he was briefly detained but later released.

The alleged abduction has drawn condemnation from human rights organisations, including the Law Society of Kenya, Amnesty International Kenya, and Vocal Africa, who have written to the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi demanding the immediate release of the activists.

Other activists have warned of global protests outside Ugandan embassies if the two are not freed.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen confirmed that the situation is being handled diplomatically.

“I want to assure you the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is handling those issues, and everybody will be accounted for. It is the duty of the Government of Kenya to protect its citizens in any part of the world,” he said.

Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’Oei also addressed the situation, saying: “On the matter of two Kenyans missing in Kampala, our Mission in Uganda is actively engaging authorities. We shall provide information as it becomes available,” he added.

Embakasi East MP Babu Owino urged Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi to personally reach out to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.