Hussein Khalid urges Kenya to cut diplomatic ties with Tanzania over abductions
Human rights activist Hussein Khalid has called on the Kenyan government to immediately suspend all diplomatic ties with neighbouring Tanzania, including the closure of the Tanzanian embassy in Nairobi.
His remarks come in the wake of the reported abduction of Kenyan activist Mwabili Mwagodi in Tanzania, an incident that has sparked public outcry and drawn attention to the growing number of similar cases.
Pattern of abductions
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Taking to social media on Friday, July 25, 2025, Khalid expressed frustration at what he described as a pattern of abductions and mistreatment of Kenyan citizens by Tanzanian authorities.
He went ahead to argue that such violations are being met with silence and inaction from the Kenyan government.
“It’s about time Kenya suspended all diplomatic ties with Tanzania, including shutting down its embassy in Nairobi. Tanzania has made it a habit of abducting and torturing Kenyans while the Kenyan government does absolutely nothing. If anything, @MusaliaMudavadi blames Kenyans instead,” Khalid wrote on X.
Mwagodi’s disappearance
Mwabili Mwagodi, a leading critic of President William Ruto’s church fundraising spree, has been reported missing in Dar es Salaam under circumstances that rights groups claim point to a possible abduction.
Mwagodi—a vocal online activist and outspoken critic of church-based political fundraising activities—went missing on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, night.
He was last seen in Kigamboni, where he works at Amani Beach Hotel.
Khalid, the CEO of Vocal Africa, had earlier said the disappearance bears the hallmarks of an enforced disappearance and accused the Tanzanian government of targeting Kenyan activists.
“A Kenyan has been abducted in Tanzania. Again,” Khalid said in a statement shared on Friday, July 25.
“Family has confirmed that Mwabili Mwagodi, who is a Kenyan activist and was vocal against church donations, was abducted in Tanzania on Wednesday. It seems President Suluhu Samia and her government are working round the clock to target Kenyan activists.”
This case follows similar recent incidents where Kenyan activists were detained or stopped in Tanzania, including Boniface Mwangi and even prominent figures like former Justice Minister Martha Karua, who was deported after trying to attend a court session in Dar.
