Kenyan activist Bob Njagi has alleged that Ugandan soldiers under the Uganda People’s Forces (UPDF) were deployed to Kenya, disguised in Kenyan police uniforms, to quell the 2024 Gen Z led protests.
Speaking on Wednesday November 12 during an interview on a local television station, Njagi claimed a possible collaboration between East African countries ‘governments to thwart pursuit for democracy.
“One shocking revelation is that there were some soldiers who revealed to me that they participated in the Gen Z protest in Kenya. They were moved from Uganda as military dressed in Kenyan police uniform to come and quell the riots in Kenya,” Njagi said.
He added: “This is a collaboration between States that is why you are seeing what is happening in Kenya resonating in Uganda and Tanzania.”
Njagi and Oyoo who had spent 38 days in detention in Uganda until their release on 8th November 2025, described a harrowing experience in captivity. The duo revealed they were locked in a military facility used to train presidential security team.
They also denied having gone to Uganda to organize protests against President Museveni’s regime.
“I think our captors had been given wrong intelligence that we were there on a mission to mobilize young people to protest. They went through our phones and they’ve had 38 days of doing investigations but hey have not taken us to court to charge us with any crime. If we had been participating in any illegal activities, I am sure the Ugandan government would have charged us in court,” said Njagi.
Nicholas Oyoo reiterated Njagi’s remarks, saying that Ugandans have the right to organize their own demonstrations. “They haven’t called for us to go and help them. We were in the fridge so if anybody calls us experts, then we should have been Tanzanians to organize.”
Njagi further urged the Ugandan authorities to free all political prisoners including opposition leader Dr. Kizza Basigye and Amos Rwangomani, the brother to the Uganda internal affairs Minister, who he claims was his cell mate.
