Missing Kenyan activist Mwabili Mwagodi found in Diani, rushed to hospital

Activist Mwabili Mwagodi with officials from Muhuri and Vocal Africa lobby groups/HUSSEIN KHALID

Missing Kenyan activist Mwambili Mwagodi has finally been found after his whereabouts remained unknown for days.

According to Vocal Africa CEO Hussein Khalid, Mwagodi is currently with officials from his office and lobby group Muhuri Kenya and has been rushed to hospital for a checkup.

“Mwabili has been released and is presently with our @VOCALAfrica_and @MUHURIkenya officers in Mombasa.

“Presently, Mwabili has been rushed to Pandya Hospital, Mombasa, for a quick medical checkup, after which he will be put on a flight to Nairobi to reunite with his family,” he said.

Hussein explained that Mwagodi was dropped in a bush in Kinondo, Kwale County, at around 3am, where he walked for about 3 km to Diani.

It is in Diani where he managed to call his family, who then alerted Vocal Africa, who sent their officers to pick him up.

“While in Diani, Mwabili voluntarily took himself to the police station, but to everyone’s surprise, the police wanted to detain him. Our officers intervened, and he was released.”

The Kenyan activist working in Tanzania was allegedly abducted.

According to his sister Isabella Kituri, Mwabili went missing while in the neighboring country.

She said efforts to file a missing person's report by the employer were denied by Tanzanian police.

“We are unable to reach him. His employer went to file a missing person's report this evening but was told to wait until it is 24 hours," Kituri said.

’Family has confirmed that Mwabili Mwagodi, who is a Kenyan activist and was vocal against church donations, was abducted in Tanzania on Wednesday,’’ Kituri added.

The family of Mwabili Mwagodi on Saturday called on both Kenyan and Tanzanian authorities to urgently account for his whereabouts, four days after his alleged abduction in Tanzania.

Mwagodi, a Kenyan activist critical of church‑linked political fundraising, was reportedly seized on the night of Wednesday, July 23, around 10 pm in Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam.

Witnesses said he was walking with his driver near Amani Beach Hotel, where he works, when a vehicle intercepted them.

Armed men are said to have bundled him into the vehicle and sped off.

The family previously said his car was left behind after the alleged abduction.

His phone went off shortly after, and no contact has been made since.

CCTV footage from the area was reportedly confiscated by Tanzanian authorities, frustrating efforts to trace him.