Bobi Wine condemns detention of activists Bob Njagi, Nicholas Oyoo in Uganda

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 Rachael Mutabasi
Saturday, October 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 opposition supporters.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has condemned the continued detention of two Kenyan activists, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, who were reportedly arrested in Kampala on October 1, 2025.

He described their ordeal as an attack on regional solidarity and a reflection of Uganda’s shrinking democratic space.

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In a statement on Friday, Bobi Wine said the two activists had travelled from Kenya to express support for Ugandans advocating for democratic governance.

“What a country! To imagine that Uganda's rogue regime has refused to release Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo from incommunicado detention is most unfortunate. The two were abducted on October 1 by heavily armed men and have been missing since. Despite demands by citizens and rights groups, the criminal regime still refuses to release them or account for them," said Wine in a statement on X.

"Their crime? Coming to Uganda to express solidarity with our cause for democratic governance," he added.

The pair’s alleged arrest and continued detention are now the subject of a habeas corpus application filed on their behalf by M/S Kiiza & Mugisha Advocates in the High Court of Uganda in Kampala.

The petition seeks their immediate release and asks the court to compel the authorities to produce them before the court.

According to court documents, the respondents in the case include some of Uganda’s most senior security officials — the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), the Chief of Defence Intelligence and Security (CDIS), the Inspector General of Police (IGP), and the Attorney General of Uganda.

The application alleges that Oyoo and Njagi are being detained incommunicado at a military facility in Mbuya, Kampala, under the command of the CDIS.

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

"This has been the fate of thousands of our supporters, including 18 people who have been missing for over 5 years now. All citizens of the world, and in particular the people of Africa and East Africa, must say enough to these crimes against humanity. When we lose our fear, these criminal regimes will lose their power," he said.