Njagi, Oyoo Describe Secret Detention in Uganda’s Special Forces Centre
Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo have spoken out about their 38-day detention in Uganda, revealing details of what they described as a “fridge” where they were held.
In a briefing on Wednesday, Njagi said the facility was located at a Special Forces Command Centre, a site reportedly used to detain hundreds of Ugandans without charge or trial. He accused the unit, under the command of President Yoweri Museveni’s son Muhoozi Kainerugaba, of acting independently from the judiciary, parliament, or even the executive.
“They are being undertaken at the Special Forces Command Centre in Sarakasenyi, the training ground for the Presidential Security team. They call themselves Next To None because they don’t take commands from the Judiciary, Parliament or the Executive,” Njagi said.
Njagi claimed he left more than 150 Ugandans in detention, some held for up to a year. He described the practice as a crime against humanity.
President Museveni confirmed the activists’ detention in a separate interview, acknowledging that the two Kenyans had been “kept in a fridge” for several days. He said intelligence services captured them while attending a rally for opposition leader Bobi Wine and that Kenyan officials later requested their release.
Njagi and Oyoo were freed on November 7 and handed over to Kenyan authorities at the Busia border crossing. Witnesses say armed security officers abducted them near Kampala on October 1, despite official denials from Ugandan police and military.
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Njagi, Oyoo Describe Secret Detention in Uganda’s Special Forces Centre