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Released Kenyan activists say they were held 38 days at SFC base in Kasenyi with over 150 detainees

Civic Space & Media Freedom Disputed Wakiso Nov 2025 (day not reported) Severity: 4/5

In an interview on Kenya's KTN TV, Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo said they were held for 38 days, handcuffed throughout, at the Special Forces Command base in Kasenyi, Wakiso District, after armed men arrested them at a Robert Kyagulanyi campaign event. They said more than 150 people, including Ugandan civilians, military officers and six Nigerians, were held there without legal access or family contact, and that some were tortured. The Daily Monitor reports that the army, police and government had denied holding the pair in court before President Museveni confirmed their detention; the SFC spokesperson did not respond.

Disputed: During court proceedings the UPDF, police and government denied holding the activists, while the activists say they were held at the SFC base and President Museveni later confirmed they had been detained.

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