Social media activist Mwabili Mwagodi, who is a staunch critic of President William Ruto’s regime, has been reported missing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, under unclear circumstances.
He is suspected to have been abducted.
His disappearance has raised concerns as he was at the frontline in voicing opposition to church fundraising campaigns.
CEO of Vocal Africa which is a human rights organisation Hussein Khalid shared the news in a post on X, confirming that Mwagodi’s sister, BBC Swahili news anchor Isabella Kituri had reached out to him over the matter.
Kituri shared that her brother, who works for Amani Beach Hotel in Kigamboni, has been missing since Wednesday.
“We are worried because he was in the frontline of blocking Ruto’s church fundraising missions in church and has been quite vocal mobilising Gen Z on social media platforms,” read part of the text message Kituri sent to Khalid.
“It seems Samia Suluhu’s government is working round the clock to target Kenyan activists,” added Khalid.
Mwagodi has been a vocal critic of some of the policies instituted by the Ruto regime.
In his latest social media post on Wednesday, Mwagodi spammed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI’s) platform which had unveiled a new hotline to report crime.
The activist posted on his X account screenshots featuring images of President Ruto, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat, DCI Director Mohamed Amin, whom he labelled as ‘criminals’.
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