Two Kenyan activists, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, are missing after they were on Wednesday afternoon allegedly abducted by armed men in Uganda.
It is not clear who the four abductors were, officials said.
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 mobile phones switched off.
Bobi Wine confirmed the incident and condemned it on Wednesday, hours after it happened.
“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.
The Free Kenya Movement Chairman Bob Njagi Bobi was earlier captured in a video
recorded at Wine’s campaign in Kamuli District, Eastern Uganda on Tuesday.
Bobi Wine 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.
The missing activists’ friends said they 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.
On Wednesday, the group had stopped at a petrol station to repair their car when everything went south.
"At around 3pm, there were some guys who came in a grey van, and people came out with guns. There 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 said.
The witness was also 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.
Their colleague
said he had reported the matter to the authorities, fearing for his safety.
There was no official comment from Kenyan officials or those in Uganda.
Such incidents are common in the region.
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.
They were later released.
