While many celebrated the release and safe return of Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, a section of the public, including a notable Member of Parliament, has chosen a different path. Rather than condemn their abduction and 38-day disappearance, they have defended it. Some have even gone as far as to say, “They got what they deserved.” This article is for them. Let’s be clear: no one, regardless of nationality, opinion, or political leaning, deserves to be abducted, held incommunicado, or denied due process.

Described by the Citizen News Gang as having lost “its innocence,” Tanzania is in a political meltdown. After days of internet shutdowns, blackouts, and curfews, the truth is slowly beginning to shine through the state’s efforts to censor or control information. This raises credible concerns about the conditions of Tanzanian protesters and Kenyans caught up in the violence.

Nairobi, Kenya, October 27, 2025: VOCAL Africa, the Law Society of Kenya, and Amnesty International continue to express our deep and growing concern over the enforced disappearance of Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, who remain in custody under troubling circumstances. Informal sources indicate that the two’s health has begun to deteriorate after more than 25 days in detention without access to consular, legal, or medical services.

Kenyan citizens Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi were abducted in broad daylight by uniformed officers in Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. Since then, they have simply vanished. Uganda’s police and military deny involvement, and the Kenyan government has gone silent. Are we witnessing a return to Idi Amin’s terror, or does the 1986 National Resistance Movement (NRM) promise of justice and human rights still have legs three months before the January 2026 general elections?

Nairobi, Kenya, October 21, 2025: Today, Amnesty International Kenya, the Law Society of Kenya, and Vocal Africa are calling on all concerned people across the world to sign on to this virtual letter to Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Kenyan human rights defenders Bob Njagi and Nick Oyoo: https://www.amnestykenya.org/petition-free-bob-njagi-and-nicholas-oyoo/

Nairobi, 6 October 2025: Six days since the abduction of Kenyan human rights defenders Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo in Kampala, their whereabouts remain unknown. The Law Society of Kenya (LSK), Vocal Africa, and Amnesty International Kenya express deep concern that, despite public outrage and ongoing diplomatic engagement, the two remain held incommunicado, a blatant violation of Ugandan and international human rights law.

Acting High Commissioner,

This week, several people arrested during the June-July protests – including boda boda riders, fisherfolk, politicians, and security officers – were charged in Kenya’s counterterrorism Kahawa Law Courts. The Supreme Council of Muslims (SUPKEM) also released its report on how the criminal justice system responds to religious extremism. While these two events may seem unrelated, SUPKEM’s findings shed light on a worrying trend: the growing use of harsh legal measures to silence dissent.

Nairobi, 27th July 2025. The Police Reforms Working Group–Kenya (PRWG-K) strongly condemns the enforced disappearance, incommunicado detention, and continued harassment of Kenyan activist Mwabili Mwagodi, as well as the lackluster response from Kenyan authorities, whose agencies, including the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), met his family’s pleas for assistance with indifference and institutional apathy.

Amnesty International welcomes the news that Kenyan activist Mwabili Mwagodi has been found alive after Mwabili Mwagodi’s enforced disappearance in Tanzania. We salute the public pressure generated by his family, the public, and the leadership of VOCAL Africa and Muslims for Human Rights (Muhuri), as well as others.

Nairobi, Kenya July 26, 2025: Amnesty International is deeply alarmed by the reported abduction and disappearance of Kenyan human rights activist Mwabili Mwagodi in Tanzania on Wednesday, 23 July 2025. Mwagodi, known for his outspoken criticism of political influence in religious institutions and his mobilization of youth movements in Kenya, was last seen in Dar es Salaam where he works for a hospitality company. Eyewitnesses confirm he was taken away by unknown persons. All attempts by his family to reach him have since failed. This incident follows a disturbing pattern of cross-border repression of activists in East Africa. Just weeks ago, Kenyan photojournalist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan journalist Agather Atuhaire were abducted and tortured while in Tanzania. This case is now before the East African Court of Justice.

Nairobi, Saturday, June 28, 2025: The Police Reforms Working Group unequivocally condemns the arbitrary arrest and incarceration of human rights defenders Mr. John Mulingwa Nzau, also known as Garang, and Mr. Mark Amiani, also known as Generali, and Francis Mwangi also known as Chebukati who are reported to have been taken into custody this morning within Machakos County and are presently being heldat Muthaiga Police Station.