Bob Njagi recounts horror of being held in a fridge under Museveni’s forces
Activist Bob Njagi, who was detained alongside Nicholas Oyoo in Uganda for 38 days, has finally spoken out about the said fridge in which they were held during their captivity.
Describing the matter as a crime against humanity, Njagi claimed that the detentions were being carried out under the authority of the Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces and President Yoweri Museveni’s son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
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In an interview with journalists on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, Njagi explained that the fridge, which Museveni confirmed was at his Special Forces Command Centre.
“They are being undertaken at the Special Forces Command Centre in Sarakasenyi, the training ground for the Presidential Security team and they call themself Next To None because they don’t take commands from the Judiciary, Parliament or the Executive,” he narrated.
The Activist, however, admitted that President Museveni may not have been aware of everything that was going on in the detention centre, as the team running it did not take orders from anyone other than Muhoozi.
“This is an armed militia that is operating under General Muhoozi. There are so many Ugandans there. I left over 150 of them in custody. People who are being held without being any court process. Some of them have even been detained for up to one year. That is what they call the fridge.”
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The fridge
The Uganda Head of State admitted the duo had been held by State officials and even kept them in a fridge for a few days.
Museveni, who was being interviewed by UBC on Saturday, 8, 2025, night, boasted that the nation had great intelligence that had allowed them to capture the two Kenyans while attending a rally by Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulani alias Bobi Wine.
“Of course, with our very good intelligence, we picked them up and they have been in the fridge for some days. Now, some Kenyan leaders rang me and said I should either put them in jail here or hand them back,” he stated.
Museveni further claimed that Njagi and Oyoo had positioned themselves as experts in riots.
“We arrested two Kenyans, but I do not remember their names. They were working with Kyagulanyi’s group, and they are experts in riots,” he said.
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Njagi and Oyoo were released on the night of Friday, November 7, 2025, and handed over to Kenyan authorities at the Busia border crossing, 38 days after their abduction on October 1, 2025.
Their release came even after both the Ugandan police and military denied holding them, despite witness claims that they had been taken by armed security officers at a petrol station near Kampala.
