How Kenya secured release of activists Njagi and Oyoo in Uganda

Kenya has welcomed the safe return of human rights activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, abducted in Kampala more than a month ago.

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Activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, abducted in Uganda more than a month ago, are handed over to Kenyan authorities at the Busia border.
[Isaac Mpaka,    Standard]

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