The government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is working to determine the circumstances that led to the alleged abduction of two Kenyan activists in Uganda.
While speaking on Tuesday, October 2, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen seemingly acknowledged the alleged abduction of Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, noting that the government was handling the matter.
The CS maintained that it was the duty of the government to ensure the safety of its citizens.
“I was asked about some of the Kenyans who have gone to other countries and found themselves either on the wrong side of the law, or were victimised, like some of the Kenyans who went to a neighbouring country,” Murkomen noted.
“I want to assure you that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is handling those issues and that everyone will be accounted for. It is the duty of the government of Kenya to protect its citizens in any part of the world,” he expressed.
The two activists were allegedly abducted while attending a political campaign on Wednesday, October 1, in the afternoon at a petrol station.
The two were in Uganda for a meeting with the National Unity Platform Presidential candidate Bobi Wine, the main opponent to the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni ahead of their upcoming polls.
According to one of the activists who travelled with Oyoo and Njagi, following the abduction, their phones were switched off and their whereabouts remain unknown.
The activist, who was also abducted and later released, recounted that they were immediately bundled into a waiting car before the masterminds sped off with them.
Revealing details of the alleged abduction, the activist told the media that they had stopped at a petrol station to repair their car when the incident occurred.
Their alleged detention sparked massive uproar, with prominent activists such as Hussein Khalid calling for their immediate release.
Njagi’s and Oyoo’s abduction added to the list of cases where Kenyans have been abducted while in foreign nations.
Four months ago, Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire were arrested in Tanzania and later dumped near their countries’ borders.
Both would later claim that they were sexually assaulted by Tanzanian authorities, with Kenya's Foreign Ministry forced to step in to ensure safe passage.
