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Ugandan police on Monday denied knowledge of the whereabouts of two Kenyans who went missing after attending an opposition rally, as their families accused security forces and demanded their immediate release. Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo disappeared last Wednesday following a rally for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine.
Police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke told AFP, “I have not been informed that Uganda police has the Kenyan activists talked about in custody or that they were in Uganda. Their relatives should contact the police and make formal notification of those alleged missing persons.”
The families of Njagi and Oyoo appealed to a Ugandan court for access and held a press conference at Amnesty International’s Nairobi office, calling for their release. Nobert Ochieng, Oyoo’s brother, said the men face “no formal charges, no legal access, no communication with the family or any representative,” and urged both the Ugandan and Kenyan governments to take action.
Hussein Khalid, head of Kenyan rights group VOCAL Africa, said eyewitnesses reported that the two men were taken by “masked, uniformed and armed men, suggesting strong evidence of state involvement.” Khalid added, “It is our suspicion that the two may be detained alongside other Ugandan political detainees in military facilities.”
Rights groups say abductions of government critics and opposition figures are common across East Africa, with authorities often failing to protect citizens and, in some cases, cooperating in the suppression of activists. In recent years, Kenyan and Ugandan activists have reported abductions and torture in neighbouring countries, highlighting a growing regional pattern of politically motivated disappearances.
