The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the Kenyan government is in close contact with Ugandan authorities following reports that two Kenyan nationals went missing in Kampala earlier this week.
Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei said the ministry, through the Kenyan High Commission in Kampala, is actively engaging relevant Ugandan institutions to establish the fate of the two men.
“On the matter of two Kenyans missing in Kampala, our Mission in Uganda is actively engaging authorities. We shall provide information as it becomes available,” said Sing’oei.
A diplomatic note sent by the Kenyan High Commission in Kampala to Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has identified the missing men as Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo.
The two were allegedly abducted by armed men around the Kireka area of Kampala on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
Their whereabouts remain unknown.
The communication, dated October 3, indicates that the Mission was acting on a formal complaint lodged through a letter addressed to Kenya’s Foreign Affairs PS by Vocal Africa, an advocacy group.
In the letter, Vocal Africa alerted Nairobi of the disappearance and appealed for urgent intervention to secure the release of the two Kenyans.
In its note to Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the High Commission expressed concern over the matter and urged the host government to assist in liaising with security agencies to provide information on the current status of the missing men.
The mission further emphasised that the families of the two Kenyans are deeply concerned and require reassurance regarding the ongoing efforts.
“The Mission requests the Ministry’s assistance in liaising with the relevant authorities in Kampala to obtain information regarding the current situation of the missing Kenyans in order for the Mission to take appropriate action in securing their release and safe return to Kenya,” the note read in part.
Ugandan police spokesman Kituma Rusoke said on October 1 that the two were not in their custody.
The duo had travelled to Uganda on Monday, September 29, with two Ugandan colleagues.
They later split ways in Kampala, with Njagi and Oyoo continuing to join opposition politician Bobi Wine’s campaign trail in Buyende and Kamuli districts.
On Tuesday, Njagi was seen addressing supporters at a campaign rally alongside Bobi Wine.
The following day, the two Kenyans were travelling with a friend when they stopped at a petrol station in Kamuli for car repairs.
At around 3 pm, witnesses say a grey van with four armed individuals pulled up at the station.
The men, one of them a woman seated in front, reportedly bundled Njagi and Oyoo into the van.
A third person who was with them was briefly detained but later released and instructed to return to the vehicle.
The witness later reported that the activists’ phones went silent after the incident.
