Just a day after former Justice Minister Martha Karua and two Kenyan lawyers were denied entry into Tanzania and deported back home, three more Kenyan activists, including former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, have been detained.
Mutunga, who was travelling alongside activist journalist Hanifa Adan and VOCAL Africa CEO Hussein Khalid, was detained on arrival at the Julius Nyerere International Airport last night.
Their passports were confiscated, and they are still waiting for any clear information on the next step.
At around 3am, Hanifa took to social media to lament their plight, revealing that they had travelled to the neighbouring country in solidarity with detained opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who has a court mention on treason charges later in the day. "Hello, guys.