Activists Bob Njagi, Nicholas Oyoo reportedly abducted in Uganda
National
By
David Njaaga
| Oct 01, 2025
Two Kenyan activists, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, were reportedly abducted by armed men believed to be Ugandan security officials on Wednesday afternoon in Kampala after joining opposition leader Bobi Wine’s campaign trail, witnesses say.
The activists, who had travelled to Uganda on Monday with two Ugandan companions, were last seen at a petrol station in Kampala around 3 p.m. when four armed men in a greyish van reportedly forced them into the vehicle, a witness said
"They 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," the witness recounted, speaking on condition of anonymity
The witness, who said he was briefly detained and later released, added, "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"
Njagi and Oyoo’s phones were reportedly switched off shortly after the abduction, leaving colleagues stranded and unsure of their whereabouts.
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"I don’t know where Bob is. I don't know which police station he has been taken to. I honestly don't know where he is. I'm just stranded here," the witness said
Videos from Tuesday show Njagi on stage alongside Bobi Wine in Kamuli District, Eastern Uganda, as the opposition leader campaigned ahead of the 2026 presidential election.
Njagi and Oyoo reportedly travelled across Buyende and Kamuli with National Unity Platform leaders before the incident
VOCAL Africa condemned the alleged abduction and demanded the activists’ immediate and unconditional release.
"Reports confirm that activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo of the Free Kenya Movement were abducted in Kampala while attending opposition leader Bobi Wine’s campaign," the organisation said on X.
For Njagi, this is not the first abduction as he was reportedly taken last year alongside the Longton brothers over alleged links to anti-government protests and disappeared for more than a month.
The incident follows similar cases in the region, including the arrest and border dumping of Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire in Tanzania four months ago.