Top Envoy in Hot Soup Over Disappearance of Kenyan Activists in Uganda

The two activists have been missing for roughly 30 days, with the Governments of Kenya and Uganda mum on their whereabouts...

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A Kenyan activist plans to petition the High Court of Kenya to strip Uganda’s Chargé d'Affaires, Eunice Kigenyi, of diplomatic immunity. This move by Francis Wanjiku is in response to the prolonged disappearance of Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo in Uganda.

Francis Wanjiku will petition the High Court of Kenya next week to strip Chargé d'Affaires Eunice Kigenyi of diplomatic immunity if Uganda fails to release the activists.
The activists, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, have been missing for 27 days since their reported forcible removal in Kampala, Uganda.
Kenyan law, incorporating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, indicates that Kenyan courts lack jurisdiction to unilaterally strip diplomatic immunity, as waiver must come from the sending state, Uganda.

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