Protesters on Thursday, October 23, chained themselves outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs offices along Harambee Avenue, demanding the immediate release of activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, who have been missing for over three weeks.
The demonstrators blocked the gate to the ministry's offices, vowing to disrupt operations until the government takes decisive action to secure the return of the two Kenyan nationals abducted in Uganda.
"Free Bob Njagi! Free Bob Njagi! We want answers today. The government of Kenya cannot be silent when Kenyans are abducted by private companies. Silence is not an option. You have to do something!" the protesters chanted.
The activists expressed frustration with what they described as government inaction, directing their anger at Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and his team.
"We are doing this because none of them is working for Kenyans. This office and this gate cannot be operational when Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo are nowhere to be seen and Mudavadi and his people are just drinking tea and taking lunch. We have come here to disrupt their lunch. We will not leave here," one protester declared.
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The demonstrators accused the Kenyan government of colluding with Ugandan authorities to conceal the truth about the activists' whereabouts.
They challenged statements made by CS Mudavadi that the ministry had communicated with Ugandan counterparts who claimed to have searched all station camps and cells without finding the two Kenyans.
"Mudavadi has told the public that they have communicated with the Uganda counterparts and the Uganda authorities have said that they have done the searches in all station camps, in all cells and they cannot find Bob Njagi and Oyoo. Yet we know and we are aware that Bob Njagi was abducted by the Uganda authorities and the Kenyan government is colluding with Uganda to conceal the justice quest," a protester stated.
The protest comes as pressure mounts on both the Kenyan and Ugandan governments to account for the missing activists.
Earlier on Thursday, non-governmental organization Vocal Africa released a statement expressing deep concern and growing dismay over the continued disappearance of the two Kenyan citizens who were taken in Kampala, Uganda, on October 1, 2025, by armed men believed to be Ugandan security forces.
Vocal Africa called on the Kenyan government to take stern and decisive action against Uganda, arguing that diplomacy has failed and Uganda's continued silence and lack of cooperation cannot be met with passive diplomacy any longer.
This came two days after Amnesty International Kenya issued demands to Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, urging his administration to immediately disclose the whereabouts of the two activists, guarantee their right to legal representation, and launch an investigation into the circumstances that led to their abduction.
Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo went missing after they traveled to Uganda to show solidarity with Bobi Wine's opposition movement ahead of Uganda's 2026 presidential elections.
On September 30, they were spotted accompanying the National Unity Platform leader during campaign rallies in Buyende and Kamuli districts.
Their trouble began when their vehicle developed mechanical problems, forcing them to stop at a fuel station in Kireka for repairs. Witnesses say four armed men surrounded them before forcibly bundling them into a waiting vehicle and speeding off.
The families of the missing activists have been living in fear and uncertainty, with their mothers' health deteriorating due to the emotional toll of the disappearance.
