Activists Mwangi, Atuhaire Describe Horrific Sexual Assault Under Tanzanian Police
Activist Boniface Mwangi has described the horrible assault by Tanzanian officials after he was purportedly held in the nation for several days a few weeks ago.
During a press appearance on Monday, June 2, Mwangi described being stripped naked, flogged, and even sodomized with items during his captivity in Tanzania.
Mwangi, in tears, recalls his four captors removing his handcuffs, putting on gloves, and pulling him up to tie him upside down.
“They tied me upside down, and then they started beating my feet. I was screaming so hard, but there were no tears coming out because of how painful it was,” he stated.
“One of them suggested that they put underwear in my mouth, so they did. To drown my screams, they were playing gospel music.”
Activist Boniface Mwangi has described the harrowing experience during his detention in Tanzania, alleging that security officers forced him to strip, tied him upside down, and sexually assaulted him while mocking him. pic.twitter.com/NrOYgukkYn
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Mwangi later recalls them pulling his underwear from his mouth and questioning him about who he was and who had sent him to destabilize the country.
“Then they said ‘weka moto’, and then some guy put some lubricant in my rectum and anus and they started inserting objects in my backside,” the activist stated before breaking down.
During the ordeal, he stated that his kidnappers threatened to expose footage of the assault if he spoke about it.
This may be the most heartbreaking video you’ll see today.
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Boniface Mwangi shares, in raw and painful detail, the horror he endured at the hands of Tanzanian authorities. His voice trembles with the weight of what he lived through a story of cruelty, humiliation and injustice.… pic.twitter.com/T0UU9boZCF
Mwangi said that despite being assaulted in front of his lawyers and the other detainee, Ugandan Agatha Atuhaire, he felt abandoned by the Kenyan government’s decision to support Tanzania.
He explained that he had previously flown across East Africa to help others, like Bobi Wine in Uganda, but felt let down this time.
We shall not be silenced.
— The People’s Watchman (@bonifacemwangi) June 2, 2025
My name is Boniface Mwangi. I am a Pan-Africanist, author, award-winning photojournalist, husband, father, and citizen of the Republic of Kenya, one of the member states of the East African Community. Agather and l are sharing our story to defy our… pic.twitter.com/NsHOrokyzp
Agatha also said that she was stripped naked and beaten throughout the ordeal, with the first blow landing on her back when she refused to undress.
She was then forced to strip and violated.
Despite acknowledging that she had to constantly glance over her back in Uganda, she stated that she expected Tanzania to be better.
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Instead, she was treated horribly, convincing him that Tanzania was more totalitarian than Uganda.
After going missing for three days in Tanzania, the two were discovered discarded at the border between their country and Tanzania after being deported by road.
Mwangi was unable to walk following his rehabilitation in Kwale.
They were among the campaigners who traveled to Tanzania on May 19 to support Tanzania’s opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who is facing treason charges for advocating for electoral reform.
Activists Mwangi, Atuhaire Describe Horrific Sexual Assault Under Tanzanian Police
