Bob Njagi claims Kenya facilitated their arrest in Uganda

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Njagi alleged that there is a collaboration between the States of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to crack the whip on dissenting voices against the ruling regimes.

"The three governments are collaborating between (Yoweri) Museveni, our president (William) Ruto and Samia Suluhu," he claimed.

"Our arrest was coordinated between the Kenyan government, they knew we were crossing over into Tanzania, they raised the alarm there and those guys did the dirty job for them."

Njagi further claimed that their abduction was undertaken by a "militia" operating under Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

"It is the son Muhoozi who is undertaking these crimes against humanity. They are being undertaken at special forces command centre in Sera Kasenyi which is the training centre for the presidential security team and they call themselves next to none because they don't take command from the Judiciary or, Executive. This is a militia operating under General Muhoozi," he claimed.

He intimated that he left over 150 people in custody and "they are being kept without going through any court process. These people have no cases most of them are being kept there for political reasons".

The activists had gone missing in Uganda for 38 days, and have claimed they were held incommunicado by the country’s military special forces.

Speaking at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on November 8 after arriving from Kisumu, the visibly frail activists said they endured torture and starvation while in detention at the Kasenyi Military Barracks in Entebbe.

“We were in military detention by the special forces. I didn’t eat for 14 days. We were tortured,” said Bob Njagi, struggling to hold back tears.

The two, who had joined National Unity Platform presidential candidate Bobi Wine’s campaign trail were reportedly forced into a vehicle and their phones switched off.

Bobi Wine has faulted the President Yoweri Museveni-led regime for propping impunity and violating human rights, noting that the regime has been using abductions as a tool for silencing its critics and denies having them in custody.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni confirmed the activists were in the custody of Ugandan security forces.

He accused them activists of working with his opponent Bobi Wine to cause riots in the neighbouring country.