{"id":3603,"date":"2025-05-22T10:53:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:53:36","slug":"kenyan-activist-boniface-mwangi-deported-from-tanzania-abandoned-in-ukunda-family-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/kenyan-activist-boniface-mwangi-deported-from-tanzania-abandoned-in-ukunda-family-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan Activist Boniface Mwangi Deported from Tanzania, Abandoned in Ukunda \u2013 Family Confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jacinta Ngao<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Renowned Kenyan activist and photojournalist Boniface Mwangi has been deported from Tanzania under unclear circumstances and left in the border town of Ukunda, Kwale County, his family has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>According to close family sources, Mwangi was transported by road from Tanzania and dropped off in Ukunda without any prior notice to his family or the Kenyan authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was left without explanation or assistance,\u201d a family spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Mwangi, known for his fearless activism, had reportedly traveled to Tanzania for personal reasons. His sudden deportation has sparked concern among human rights advocates across the region.<\/p>\n<p>There are growing calls for both the Kenyan and Tanzanian governments to clarify the circumstances surrounding his deportation and to ensure his safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jacinta Ngao Renowned Kenyan activist and photojournalist Boniface Mwangi has been deported from Tanzania under unclear circumstances and left&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trends"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/z8aVge7ecFHwrwpoHq4vEaenC511abzZg391GS05.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3605,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions\/3605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}