Ugandan soldiers were deployed to stop Gen-Z protests in Kenya: Bob Njagi

Speaking on Citizen TV's JKLive show, Njagi and fellow activist Nicholas Oyoo, who were detained in Uganda for 38 days, narrated harrowing details of their ordeal in what they describe as a “safe house” operated by the Ugandan military.

Njagi recounted that some of the soldiers revealed that they were moved from Uganda and provided with Kenyan police uniforms to assist the Kenyan authorities in quelling the anti-government protests in 2024. 

"One shocking revelation is that when we got there in the first week, there were some soldiers who revealed to me that they participated in the Gen Z protests in Kenya," he stated.

"They were actually moved from Uganda as military dressed in Kenya police uniform to come and quell the riots in Kenya. This is a collaboration between states. That's why what's happening in Kenya is resonating in Uganda and Tanzania." 

The duo recalled their 38-day ordeal, revealing that they were driven to a military camp outside Kampala city, a facility used to train Uganda’s Special Forces Command, which is normally responsible for the security of the First Family.

Oyoo described the brutal interrogations they endured, citing that he was caned multiple times while being interrogated. 

“On the second day, they interrogated us while having our phones. They ask you specific questions about the groups you’re in. When they think that you’ve not said what they should hear, they start caning and punching you," he noted. 

“I was caned twice. During the first interrogation, they called me out, took me somewhere and began asking me about my WhatsApp. They’re trying to push you towards some narratives of some sorts. When they think I’ve not said the right things, or it seems like I’m hiding something, they cuff me to a chair and take sticks to cane us."

Njagi further alleged that the Ugandan security agencies acted on false intelligence that they travelled to Uganda to mobilise youth against the government. 

“I think they had been given wrong intelligence, thinking that we were on a mission to mobilise the youth, which they were totally misinformed. They had 38 days of doing investigations but have not taken us to court or charged us with any crimes to date,” he said.

He appealed to Ugandan authorities to release all political prisoners, including opposition leader Kizza Besigye and Amos Rwangomani, the brother of the Internal Affairs Minister, whom he claimed was his cellmate.