Bob Njagi Stories

‘We can’t produce what we don’t have’: Uganda declares Kenyan activists Bob Njagi, Nicholas Oyoo missing persons
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 23, 2025

In Nairobi, civil society group Vocal Africa has written to the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, expressing deep concern over the activists’...

Activists chain themselves outside Foreign Affairs Ministry over disappearance of Njagi, Oyoo
Barack Oduor  |  Oct 23, 2025

On Tuesday, Amnesty International, the Law Society of Kenya, and Vocal Africa launched a global petition urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to s...

Uganda military denies holding Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 22, 2025

The statement was issued in response to a habeas corpus order requiring the UPDF to produce the activists, dead or alive, within seven days, a deadlin...

Rights group petitions Museveni to release abducted Kenyan activists Bob Njagi, Nick Oyoo
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 22, 2025

Amnesty International Kenya, the LSK and Vocal Africa are now rallying global support through an online campaign urging citizens worldwide to write to...

Uganda High Court orders police to produce missing Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo within seven days
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 14, 2025

Both the Uganda Police Force and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have denied knowledge of the activists’ detention or location.

Bobi Wine condemns detention of activists Bob Njagi, Nicholas Oyoo in Uganda
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Oct 11, 2025

Bobi Wine, who leads the National Unity Platform (NUP), said the case highlights a long-standing pattern of arbitrary arrests and disappearances of op...

UN Special Rapporteur condemns disappearance of Kenyan activists in Uganda
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Oct 10, 2025

The Uganda Police, however, have since refuted claims that the two activists are in state custody. During a press briefing, ACP Rusoke Kituuma said th...

Families seek help from KNCHR to trace Kenyan activists abducted in Uganda
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 08, 2025

On Tuesday, the families, accompanied by activists, visited the KNCHR offices in Nairobi to file official statements regarding the disappearance.

Families demand immediate release of Kenyan activists missing in Uganda
Barack Oduor  |  Oct 06, 2025

In a statement read by representatives of the three organisations and family spokesperson Nobert Ochieng, they said eyewitness accounts indicate the t...

Lawyers file petition seeking immediate release of Kenyans detained in Uganda
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Oct 06, 2025

Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi were reported apprehended by military operatives in Kaliro District, eastern Uganda, while accompanying Ugandan opposition...

Uganda police deny holding missing Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 06, 2025

UNP Spokesperson ACP Rusoke Kituuma added that they had no information on whether Njagi and Oyoo have been reported as missing persons.

Mombasa activists demand immediate release of Kenyans allegedly detained in Uganda
Farhiya Hussein  |  Oct 05, 2025

The Mombasa Comrades and Activists Forum claims that Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, both well-known human rights defenders, were abducted and are being...

Kenya piles pressure on Uganda to investigate alleged abduction of two activists
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 03, 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 t...

Murkomen promises government action after Kenyan activists vanish in Uganda
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 02, 2025

Njagi and Oyoo, who had joined NUP presidential candidate Bobi Wine’s campaign on Tuesday, were reportedly forced into a vehicle and had their phones...

Human rights groups demand disclosure of Kenyan activists’ whereabouts after alleged Kampala abduction
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 02, 2025

Njagi and Oyoo, who are affiliated with the Free Kenya Movement, were reportedly seized on Wednesday, October 1, while participating in the campaign t...

Kenyan activists reportedly detained in Kampala while supporting Bobi Wine
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 01, 2025

In a statement on Wednesday, Free Kenya Movement National Coordinator Felix Wambua confirmed that the two were apprehended at Stabex Filling Station i...

Wajir MCA Yussuf Hussein confirms he was detained with activist Bob Njagi and others
Amina Wako  |  Mar 10, 2025

Family source said the MCA was held in a torture room next to where activist Bob Njagi, Jamil Longton and his brother Nadhif Longton were being held.

Activist claims he was in same 'detention centre’ with missing MCA during abduction
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 06, 2025

The Dela Ward MCA has been missing for more than five months after he was abducted on September 13, 2024, on Enterprise Road in Nairobi.

Petition seeks to bar panel from recruiting IEBC chairman, commissioners
Joseph Ndunda  |  Feb 05, 2025

The activists argue that the panel's composition and operations raise serious concerns, particularly that political parties have dominated and are lea...

Abductions: State accused of silencing witnesses, families want ICC to intervene
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 02, 2025

Addressing the media on Sunday, victims and their families recounted harrowing stories of abductions, torture, and threats, urging the ICC to investig...

How High Court judge wrestled top cop Gilbert Masengeli in legal tussle over abducted rights activists
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jan 03, 2025

The push and pull went on during which Justice Mugambi summoned Masengeli seven times, but the top cop ignored all these summonses.

Kitengela Three: Activist Bob Njagi breaks silence, narrates 32-day ordeal in hands of abductors 
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 09, 2024

Though Njagi has been reunited with his family, he remains physically and emotionally shaken but determined in his pursuit of justice for himself and...

Rights groups want state to release 27 victims of enforced disappearance
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 25, 2024

On Friday last week, activists Bob Njagi and brothers Aslam Longton and Jamil Longton were freed after being abducted a month earlier.

Activist Bob Njagi recalls abduction, threats and survival in detention
John Mbati  |  Sep 23, 2024

While in custody, Njagi was reportedly held at a secret detention centre under dire conditions.

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