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Kenya protests Mwangi's detention, criticises Tanzania's 'silent treatment'

Activist Boniface Mwangi addressing a press conference in Nairobi in November 2020. [David Njaaga, Standard]

The Kenyan government has written to Tanzania demanding the release of activist Boniface Mwangi, who is being held incommunicado following his arrest on Monday, May 19.

Through the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Kenya has protested the detention of Mwangi, calling out Tanzania over its silence in the matter, despite multiple requests.

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