Human rights activist Boniface Mwangi was allegedly abducted from his home and his whereabouts remain unknown.

His wife, Njeri Mwangi and fellow activists said on Sunday that the blogger and photojournalist was beaten up and kicked out of his home in Machakos County, popularly known as Courage Base, at 7am.

“This morning around 7.15, six uninformed people went to Courage Base and forcibly took my husband @bonifacemwangi from the house. I have no idea who, why or where they took him,” she written Njeri on X.

Rights activist and Executive Director of Vocal Africa, Hussein Khalid, tweeted: “We have just received reliable information that @bonifacemwangi has been abducted by unknown persons (probably detectives from @DCI_Kenya) and taken to an unknown destination. He was picked up from his family home in Ukambani (Courage Base) around 7am.”

The alleged kidnapping comes after an online campaign by Mr Mwangi to “occupy” the Standard Chartered Marathon in Nairobi today.

Through his social media pages, the activist mobilized protesters to join the marathon in demonstrations called #OccupyStanChart.

Mwangi urged Kenyans participating in the marathon to perform some tasks that would help reform the country while cheering on the athletes.

“Will you be cheering on your friends at the Standard Chartered Marathon? You are a vital part of the race; your cheers will motivate and energize the athletes and help reform our country in the process,” he wrote on his social media pages.

The fiery activist urged Kenyans to wear the Kenyan flag as a symbol of resistance to “Ruto’s dictatorship”. He also urged them to wear bandanas emblazoned with the anti-government slogan “Ruto Must Go”.

Mr Mwangi further encouraged participants to record protest chants and incidents of police brutality and share them online as a form of digital activism.

The activist also rallied the demonstrators to converge at Uhuru Gardens where the marathon prize-giving ceremony took place.

He also said the protests would be in honor of all the victims of police brutality during the anti-government protests that left more than 60 people dead.

The reported kidnapping is the latest in the activist’s troubles. Last month, fellow activists thwarted police efforts to arrest Mwangi during a protest in Nairobi’s central business district.

On that occasion, activists were demanding justice for several people who were reported missing following anti-government protests.

The incident was caught on video and widely shared on social media. The video captures Mr Mwangi lying on the ground with a handful of fellow activists bravely shielding him from police officers who were desperately trying to arrest him.

The protesting activists had threatened to send a petition to the President’s office in Harambee House.