This is what TZ did to me: Activist Mwangi's ordeal
Terrifying events of May 18-22, 2025
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The Law Society of Kenya president Faith Odhiambo has dismissed reports that activist Boniface Mwangi has been abducted again.
This follows reports on social media alleging that the activist had been abducted from his Lukenya home.
The information has been circulating on social media X under the # BonifaceAbductedAgain.
In a statement on Wednesday, the LSK President dismissed the reports, asking Kenyans to disregard the fake online campaign.
“Our attention has been drawn to a series of false statements and deep fakes allegedly concerning the abduction of Boniface Mwangi,” Odiambo said in a statement on X.
“We urge members of the public to disregard this fake online campaign and disregard all attempts at misdirection and misinformation.”
This comes weeks after the activist was arrested in Dar es Salaam while attempting to attend the treason trial of Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu.
He was later released at the Kenyan border.
On Monday, Mwangi came forward with harrowing allegations of torture during his detention in Tanzania.
Mwangi recounted how his ordeal began soon after checking into his hotel. He said that early the next morning, a group of men pounded aggressively on his door, demanding that he go with them.
“I said I can’t leave my hotel room at that hour. At 3:30 am, a lawyer appeared, claiming the men were police officers. Still, I refused and barricaded myself inside until morning,” Mwangi explained.
Later, he reached out to his Ugandan counterpart, Agatha Atuhaire, to help him retrieve his belongings in preparation for his departure. But when he went downstairs, the same men, now joined by others, tried to arrest him.
“I screamed throughout the hotel and ran to my colleagues. The men followed me and insisted they only wanted to question me,” Mwangi said.
Mwangi further claimed that he was taken to the immigration offices, where officials fingerprinted him, photographed him, and demanded to see his phone.
He claimed three lawyers from the Tanganyika Law Society arrived to offer legal support but were eventually blocked from accessing him.
Mwangi claimed he was subjected to severe physical and sexual abuse by Tanzanian security agents.
"They told me to strip naked... tied me upside down, put lubricant in my rectum and started inserting objects in my backside," Mwangi said.
In a detailed account shared on June 2, 2025, Mwangi described being blindfolded, stripped naked, and tied upside down.
He alleged that his captors applied lubricant to his rectum and inserted foreign objects, actions he attributes to directives from a Tanzanian state security official.
Leaders and Kenyans have come out to condemn his detention in Tanzania and the subsequent alleged torture, calling for justice.
