Kenya has for decades offered refuge to dissidents from across a region full of repressive governments, but lately its status as a safe haven has looked less secure.
Margwe, who runs social media for Tanzania's main opposition party, Chadema, has been in hiding in Kenya for just over a year following a wave of violent abductions in his home country ahead of elections in October 2025.
On Sunday, he was ambushed along with another Chadema member, …