Missing activist Collins Otieno found injured along Thika Road
Missing activist Collins Otieno was found alive after he was reportedly dumped along Thika Road early Saturday morning.
According to activist Hussein Khalid, Otieno was found by a boda boda rider at around 4:30am.
The good Samaritan reportedly rushed him to hospital for medical attention.
Khalid said Otieno was found in a disoriented, weak and injured state, similar to the condition in which fellow activist Muteti Mulinge was found after he went missing.
Otieno was receiving treatment at Neema Uhai Hospital in the Kasarani area.
Otieno was among several activists who were arrested in Nairobi’s Central Business District on Monday, during protests over the continued detention of long-time Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye.
His recovery comes a day after Muteti was also found alive in the Lukenya area of Machakos following several days of uncertainty over his whereabouts.
Muteti had reportedly disappeared on Monday after leaving fellow protesters in CBD to print a petition, before being found on Friday morning and taken to Sanel Hospital in Mlolongo for treatment after he was found injured and disoriented.
An activist had moved to court over the duo’s disappearance.
Reports indicated that Otieno had gone to report Muteti’s disappearance and help establish where his colleague was before he also reportedly went missing.
The circumstances surrounding Otieno’s disappearance and how he ended up along Thika Road were not immediately explained in Khalid’s update.
The protests came amid continued questions over the circumstances surrounding Dr Kizza Besigye’s disappearance from Nairobi in November 2024 and his subsequent appearance in Uganda, where he was arraigned and initially faced proceedings before a military court.
Activists have been demanding that authorities explain the circumstances surrounding his transfer from Kenya to Uganda, including whether Kenyan police were involved.
Besigye is currently facing charges of treason and misprision of treason before the High Court of Uganda.
