Two Kenyan activists, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo are missing after they were on Wednesday afternoon allegedly abducted by four armed men believed to be security officials.
The two, who had joined National Unity Platform Presidential candidate Bobi Wine’s campaign trail on Tuesday, were reportedly forced into a vehicle and their phones switched off.
Bobi Wine condemned the incident.
“We strongly condemn the abduction by armed operatives, of Kenyan activists and human rights defenders Bob Nyagi and Nicholas Ayoo. The two were picked up mafia-style this afternoon from a petrol station in Kireka and driven off to an unknown destination!”
“We condemn the continuing lawlessness by the rogue regime and demand that these brothers are released unconditionally! The criminal regime apparently abducted them simply for associating with me and expressing solidarity with our cause!” he said in a post on social media.
A friend who escaped the ordeal claims the incident is linked to their support for Bobi Wine.
Videos recorded during Bobi Wine’s campaign in Kamuli District, Eastern Uganda on Tuesday clearly capture Free Kenya Movement Chairman Bob Njagi on stage alongside Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine who is seeking to unseat President Yoweri Museveni.
In other clips, Njagi is seen listening keenly to Bobi Wine, and at times joining his entourage as they traversed rural areas.
According to a friend who spoke to us on condition of anonymity, the activists left Kenya on Monday and drove to Uganda in the company of two Ugandans. Once in Kampala, the Ugandan companions went home, leaving the three Kenyans to link up with Bobi Wine’s campaign.
On Tuesday, they moved across Buyende and Kamuli with NUP leaders as they campaigned ahead of the 2026 presidential elections.
But by Wednesday afternoon, the mission took a darker turn. The group had stopped at a petrol station to repair their car when everything went south. ”At around 3pm there are some guys who came with a van looked to be greyish in colour, people came out with guns. They were four of them there was also a lady who was seated in front they took Bob and Oyoo Ochieng who is the secretary general of the Free Kenya Movement,” a witness recounted.
The witness, who was in their company, says he too was picked up but later released.
“I told them that my car is not locked, I cannot go to where I don’t know, and then they asked me to just get out and then go and lock my car,” the witness added.
The gunmen sped off, and within moments, Njagi and Oyoo’s phones were switched off. Alone, in the dark, and in a foreign country, their colleague has not reported the matter to the authorities, fearing for his safety. ”I don’t know where Bob is. I don’t know which police station he has been taken to. I honestly don’t know where he is. I’m just stranded here,” the witness said.
The alleged abduction comes just four months after Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire were arrested in Tanzania and later dumped near their countries’ borders. Both would later claim they were sexually assaulted by Tanzanian authorities.
Last year, Njagi was abducted alongside the Longton brothers over alleged links to anti-government protests and disappeared for more than a month.
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