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Kenyan Whistleblower Freed, Treated After Juba Corruption Probe Detention

8/10/2026

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Athorbey Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit, a Kenyan whistleblower, was released and arrived in Nairobi on Saturday after two months in Juba detention.
He is receiving treatment because his health worsened while detained in Juba.
He was seized by masked men after leaving a Nairobi casino in June, per his wife’s police report.
Activist Boniface Mwangi said Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit told him in April that the whistleblower shared details of high-level corruption in South Sudan.

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Athorbey Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit, a Kenyan whistleblower, was released and arrived in Nairobi on Saturday after two months in Juba detention.
He is receiving treatment because his health worsened while detained in Juba.
He was seized by masked men after leaving a Nairobi casino in June, per his wife’s police report.
Activist Boniface Mwangi said Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit told him in April that the whistleblower shared details of high-level corruption in South Sudan.