Human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has been named Ambassador of Africans Rising, the Africa-focused justice organisation, according to a post he shared on Monday morning.
The announcement came on 20 November 2018, days after Mwangi was briefly detained and blocked from attending the National Youth Service pass-out parade in Gilgil, where President Uhuru Kenyatta presided over the ceremony.
Mwangi said his first assignment in the new role will be in Gambia. He added that he will travel to Tanzania in early December, before heading to Nigeria and Ghana in mid-December.
“I am excited to start my role as @AfricansRising’s Ambassador. Heading to Gambia for my first assignment as Africans Rising Ambassador. I will be in Tanzania in early December. Nigeria and Ghana, see you mid Dec. I promise to continue shining a light on suffering and injustice,” Mwangi tweeted.
The activist, one of Kenya’s most outspoken campaigners on political and social change, also ran for the Starehe parliamentary seat in the 2017 elections but did not win.
Africans Rising says it works for justice in Africa, and Mwangi’s appointment adds to his long record of public activism across the region.
