The two were handed over to the Kenyan High Commission in Uganda, after which they were escorted by Ugandan government officials to the Busia border at night.
The lobby groups also urged the AU and UN to launch independent investigations into what they described as 'mass atrocities committed by state agents.'
Sakaja's clarification comes days after former Governor Mike Sonko cleared hospital bills for 110 mothers at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital’s maternity ward.