The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is investigating the circumstances surrounding the reported abduction of two Kenyan activists in Uganda.

Speaking on Tuesday, October 2, Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen appeared to confirm the incident involving Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, stating that the government was addressing the matter.

He emphasized that safeguarding citizens remains the government’s responsibility. “I was asked about some of the Kenyans who have gone to other countries and found themselves either on the wrong side of the law, or were victimised, like some of the Kenyans who went to a neighbouring country,” Murkomen noted.

“I want to assure you that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is handling those issues and that everyone will be accounted for. It is the duty of the government of Kenya to protect its citizens in any part of the world.”

The two activists were reportedly abducted on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 1, while attending a political campaign at a petrol station.

They had travelled to Uganda for a meeting with National Unity Platform presidential candidate Bobi Wine, the main challenger to President Yoweri Museveni in the upcoming elections.

A fellow activist who accompanied Njagi and Oyoo said their phones went off after the abduction and their whereabouts remain unknown.

The activist, who was also kidnapped but later released, recalled that they were forced into a waiting vehicle before being driven away. He explained that the incident happened while they had stopped at a petrol station to repair their car.

News of the abduction sparked outrage, with prominent figures like Hussein Khalid demanding their immediate release.

Njagi and Oyoo’s case adds to a string of incidents involving Kenyans being abducted abroad.

Just four months earlier, Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire were arrested in Tanzania and later abandoned near their national borders.

The two later alleged that Tanzanian authorities sexually assaulted them, prompting Kenya’s Foreign Ministry to intervene and secure their safe return.