KAMPALA, Kenya – Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has accused President Yoweri Museveni’s government of detaining and torturing two Kenyan activists for more than a month.
In a statement posted on his official social media pages, Bobi Wine said Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo were held incommunicado for 39 days at the Kasenyi military barracks, a facility allegedly under the command of Museveni’s son and military leader, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
The duo was reportedly arrested after attending Bobi Wine’s manifesto launch in Jinja, eastern Uganda, and later released at the Busia border, where they crossed back into Kenya on Saturday.
“After 39 days under incommunicado detention and torture, our Kenyan brothers Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo have been dumped at the Kenya-Uganda border by the Museveni regime,” Bobi Wine said. “They were interrogated about why they came to Uganda and attended our manifesto launch in Jinja.”
After 39 days under incommunicado detention and torture, our Kenyan brothers Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo have been dumped at the Kenya – Uganda border at Busia border by the Museveni regime. They’re now headed back to Nairobi. I have just spoken to them and they have told me that
He accused the Ugandan judiciary of enabling human rights violations by failing to compel authorities to produce the activists in court, describing Uganda as being under a “complete military dictatorship.”
Bobi Wine, the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), has long been a vocal critic of Museveni’s administration, accusing it of targeting opposition members and activists ahead of next year’s general elections.
The return of the two activists to Kenya is expected to draw attention from regional human rights groups and the Kenyan government, which has not yet issued a statement on the matter.
