According to Bobi Wine, the two activists were held for 38 days at the Kasenyi military barracks in Uganda before being released on Friday night.
Speaking shortly after their release, he claimed the activists were interrogated over their participation in his National Unity Platform (NUP) manifesto launch in Jinja.
“I have just spoken to our Kenyan brothers Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo. They were being held under the command of Museveni’s son and tortured at Kasenyi barracks. They were released at night and dropped at the Busia border,” Bobi Wine said.
Their release was confirmed by Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Korir Sing’Oei, who said the activists were received at the Busia border by the Kenyan High Commissioner in Uganda and Busia County Commissioner Chaunga Mwachaunga.
“After long diplomatic talks, the two are now back on Kenyan soil. They were handed over to our officials in Uganda and safely escorted home,” Sing’Oei stated in an official release on Saturday.
Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi also confirmed that Kenya had written a formal protest letter to Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister, General Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, demanding the activists’ release.
Initially, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) denied holding Njagi and Oyoo. In court documents filed on October 21, Colonel Silas Kamanda told the Ugandan court that security agencies had searched all their detention facilities but found no record of the two Kenyans.
This was in response to a habeas corpus order demanding that the Ugandan authorities produce the activists—alive or dead—within seven days.
Their disappearance sparked widespread calls for their release from regional human rights groups and civil society organizations.
The incident also caused diplomatic tension between Kenya and Uganda, with activists accusing Kampala of targeting foreign nationals seen to be supporting the opposition.
The two men were finally released at the Busia border late Friday, ending over a month of fear and uncertainty.
As they return to Nairobi, many Kenyans and Ugandans continue to question the growing use of security forces against political opponents.
Initially, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) denied holding Njagi and Oyoo. In court documents filed on October 21, Colonel Silas Kamanda told the Ugandan court that security agencies had searched all their detention facilities but found no record of the two Kenyans.
This was in response to a habeas corpus order demanding that the Ugandan authorities produce the activists—alive or dead—within seven days.
Their disappearance sparked widespread calls for their release from regional human rights groups and civil society organizations.
The incident also caused diplomatic tension between Kenya and Uganda, with activists accusing Kampala of targeting foreign nationals seen to be supporting the opposition.
The two men were finally released at the Busia border late Friday, ending over a month of fear and uncertainty.
As they return to Nairobi, many Kenyans and Ugandans continue to question the growing use of security forces against political opponents.
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