activist Boniface Mwangi Stories

Activist Boniface Mwangi details torture, sexual assault by Tanzanian security after arrest
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 02, 2025

Mwangi and Ugandan journalist and activist Agather Atuhaire shared their traumatic experiences from a recent trip to Dar es Salaam, where they had gon...

President Ruto apologises to Tanzania, Kenyan youth amidst rising regional tensions
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 28, 2025

“From Tanzania, if we have wronged you in any way, please forgive us. Our friends from Uganda, if we have wronged you in any way, please forgive us,”...

Kenyan, Tanzanian MPs find unity in song at National Prayer Breakfast amid regional tensions
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 28, 2025

National Assembly Majority Whip Sylvanus Osoro confirmed the Tanzanian leaders' attendance and invited them to join the Kenyan and Ugandan delegations...

Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire alleges she was sexually assaulted while in Tanzanian detention
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 24, 2025

Atuhaire said she was blindfolded, beaten, violently stripped, and sexually assaulted by individuals in plain clothes who detained her.

Civil Society groups condemn rising autocracy, demands justice for tortured activists
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2025

The civil society groups described these acts as “crimes against humanity and a betrayal of the democratic values our people have long fought for.”

Kenya defends "quiet diplomacy" following Boniface Mwangi’s detention in Tanzania
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 23, 2025

Mudavadi urged Kenyans to understand the broader context, stressing that Kenya’s prosperity depends on building bridges with its neighbours rather tha...

Civil society groups give AU, EAC 72 hours to act on alleged abductions, torture in Tanzania
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 23, 2025

While Tanzania released Mwangi on Thursday, he was dumped in Horohoro, on the Coast of Kenya, some 162 kilometres from the Lunga Lunga border, having...

Activist Boniface Mwangi deported from Tanzania and dumped in Ukunda, family confirms
Mwangi Maina  |  May 22, 2025

The activist’s detention had sparked widespread outrage, seen by many as an arbitrary move that violated both bilateral and international norms.

Kenya presses Tanzania over Boniface Mwangi’s detention, cites Vienna Convention breach
Mwangi Maina  |  May 22, 2025

The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs urged Tanzania to "expeditiously and without delay facilitate consular access to or release of Mwangi."

Maraga to government: Tell Kenyans why Boniface Mwangi is still detained in Tanzania
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 22, 2025

Maraga said Mwangi has been detained without access to a lawyer, the courts or Kenyan consular officials, which goes against international human right...

Speculation mounts on activist Boniface Mwangi's detention in Tanzania amid asylum exchange fears
Barack Oduor  |  May 21, 2025

Mwangi was arrested on Monday, May 19, 2025, in Dar es Salaam, alongside Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire after they flew to Tanzania to attend a cou...

Boniface Mwangi’s wife says Tanzanian authorities yet to decide her husband’s fate
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 20, 2025

Mwangi had earlier warned that his life was in danger after armed men, claiming to be police officers, showed up at his hotel room in Dar es Salaam on...

Activist Boniface Mwangi claims life in danger after armed men confront him at a hotel in Tanzania
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 19, 2025

The incident came just hours after the arrest and deportation of People’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua, who had landed in Tanzania on Sunday...

Boniface Mwangi’s lawyers accuse police of cover-up in assault case
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 22, 2025

Senior Counsel Martha Karua, who was present in court in solidarity with Mwangi, termed the charges a blatant cover-up and questioned the role played...

“Assaulted and charged”, Boniface Mwangi recounts harrowing ordeal at the hands of police officers
Amina Wako  |  Apr 21, 2025

Mwangi was released on a Sh5,000 police bond and advised not to publicise the case.

Drama as police attempt to arrest activists outside President Ruto’s office
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 24, 2024

The shocked families of the abducted victims who accompanied the activists wailed as the commotion ensued.

I refuse to die in vain - Boniface Mwangi
Boniface Mwangi  |  Sep 16, 2024

The youths who occupied Parliament on June 25, 2024, showed us what courage and patriotism look like.

DCI seeks 21 days to detain activist Boniface Mwangi, 4 others for planning anti-govt protests
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jul 26, 2024

Inspector George Karanja of DCI headquarters says he is investigating cases of false publication, creating a disturbance and taking part in unlawful a...

Nakuru boy shot 11 times while buying medicine for ailing mother
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 08, 2024

Caroline Chepkoech, from Bondeni Estate in Nakuru East, nearly lost her son on June 27 during the protests against the Finance Bill, 2024.

Sakaja permits Gen-Z to hold memorial concert at Uhuru Park
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 04, 2024

Sakaja did not clarify whether City Hall would allow the concert to be held for free or at a cost.

'It's not about Finance Bill anymore' - Gen Zs vow to proceed with protests
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 26, 2024

According to the Police Reforms Working Group (PRWG), 23 of the deaths were recorded between 7 am and 6 pm across the county while 30 others were reco...

Trio wanted by detectives over Finance Bill protests vow to push on
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 24, 2024

Activists Boniface Mwangi, Hussein Khalid, and Hanifa Adan said they were informed that they were persons of interest being sought over the countrywid...

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