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How EAC leaders are turning to armies for political shield

Kenya human rights activists Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi after arriving at the JKIA airport on November 8, 2025. [David Gichuru, Standard]

The abduction and torture of two Kenyans in a Ugandan military camp has once again raised alarm over the growing misuse of military institutions by East African governments.

Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo were kidnapped in September and held for 38 days in military custody after being kidnapped at a petrol station in Uganda.

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