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How activists' ordeal echoes a painful past

Kenya activists Nicholas Oyoo (left)  recieved by  his  mother  Roseline Ochieng (right) and family members after arriving  at JKIA airport with Human rights activists Bob Njagi  after being freed after 38 days in Uganda. [David Gichuru, Standard]

When activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo left for Uganda, they never imagined what awaited them — that they would be abducted and held incommunicado for more than a month.

The two left Kenya for Uganda on 29 September 2025 to monitor a political campaign rally by opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine.

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