Amnesty International Kenya urged authorities to locate Tanzanian opposition activist Twaha Mwaipaya after saying he was taken during a taxi trip near Nairobi, following previous abductions of government critics in the city.
Amnesty said in an Oct. 25 post that people in three vehicles stopped the taxi as Mwaipaya traveled to see friends in Kamulu. Amnesty International researcher Sikula Oniala told Reuters the incident occurred at about 7 a.m. ET (11:00 UTC).
Reuters reported that a police report listed Mwaipaya as missing. Oniala said three unidentified men ordered the driver out, then drove away in the taxi with Mwaipaya still inside.
Amnesty urged anyone with information about Mwaipaya’s whereabouts to come forward. John Heche, vice chairman of Tanzania’s main opposition party, CHADEMA, also appealed to Kenya’s government to help locate him, Reuters reported.
Reuters pointed to two earlier cases involving government critics in Nairobi. Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was abducted there in November 2024, then appeared in a Ugandan military court and later faced a treason charge. Tanzanian activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai was detained in the city for a short period in January 2025.
Reuters said it had not received an immediate response from police spokespeople in either Kenya or Tanzania.
