The President of the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), Boniface Mwabukusi, has confirmed that the Tanzanian Government has released and deported activist Boniface Mwangi back to Kenya.
In a statement on Monday, May 20, Mwabukusi claimed that Mwangi was deported alongside Agatha Atuhaire, a journalist and lawyer from Uganda, under the supervision of officers from the Tanzania Immigration Services Department. "Boniface Mwangi, a Kenyan journalist and human rights activist, and Ms Agatha Atuhaire, a Ugandan journalist and advocate, who were detained at the Central Police Station in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, since 19th May 2025, have been deported to their respective countries," Mwabukusi said.
Mwangi, who arrived in Tanzania on Sunday to attend the opposition leader Tundu Lissu's trial the following day, was arrested on Monday, May 19, in his hotel after Tanzanian authorities claimed that he had obtained entry into the country irregularly.
Boniface Mwangi with his wife Njeri Mwangi.
