Nelson Havi pressures Uganda over missing Kenyans Bob Njagi, Oyoo

Former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi has demanded answers from the Ugandan government over the mysterious disappearance of two Kenyan citizens, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, who are said to have gone missing while in Uganda.

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In an interview on a local radio station on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, Havi faulted both the Kenyan and Ugandan authorities for what he described as a blatant disregard for the rule of law and the principles of the East African Community (EAC).

“The helplessness that we now see on the part of the government of the Republic of Kenya is the most disturbing,” Havi said.

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 “East Africans, including Nicholas Oyoo, have an integrated East African past. It permits them to travel all over East Africa as if they are traveling in Kenya. They have the right of access and entry.”

Havi questioned why the Ugandan government had failed to account for the whereabouts of the two men if indeed they were suspected of committing any offence.

“We are a region governed by the rule of law. If, for whatever reason, these two are suspected to have committed a crime, then they ought to be arraigned in a court of law in Uganda, so that we know what crime, if at all, they have committed, and what charges they are facing,” he said.

This comes as the rights groups continue have petition the President Museveni-led government over the whereabouts of the missing duo.

On his part, Havi further accused the Kenyan government of failing in its duty to protect its citizens abroad, urging it to invoke Article 14 of the EAC Treaty, which guarantees safe access, entry, and exit for all citizens within the region.

“We must communicate our displeasure to the Government of the Republic of Kenya for failure to effectuate the provisions of Article 14 of the East African Community, which guarantees safe access, entry, and exit by all citizens of the East African Community,” Havi stated.

He urged regional leaders to restore respect for human rights and cross-border justice, warning that silence over such abductions threatens to erode the very foundation of East African unity.

Bobi Wine roars

Havi’s sentiments come days after Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, scoffed at the President Yoweri Museveni-led government after it failed to present two abducted Kenyan activists, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, before the court as ordered.

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In an X post on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, Bobi Wine decried the violations of human rights with impunity from the Ugandan authorities.

“Like it did with comrade Sam Mugumya, whom it abducted 2 months ago and remains missing to date, the shameless Museveni regime has also denied having in its custody our Kenyan comrades Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo,” he declared.

The activists are said to have been abducted on October 1, 2025, while attending a National Unity Platform (NUP) rally in Kampala and remain missing.

The Ugandan government has denied knowledge of their whereabouts.

Njagi, the chairman of the Free Kenya Movement, and Oyoo, the group’s secretary-general, are said to have been picked up by plain-clothed security operatives in Kampala.

But despite widespread outcry and legal efforts, the government has yet to produce them in court.

Already, the High Court in Kampala ordered the state to present the two activists. Authorities failed to comply, prompting the court to postpone the matter to Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at 8 a.m. and demand a written explanation for their continued disappearance.

Bobi Wine blasted the regime’s defiance of court orders and accused it of reverting to dictatorship.

“A regime that came to power 40 years ago, promising to end gross human rights violations, is now blatantly engaging in even worse! We must end this impunity once and for all, fellow Ugandans!” the X post read.