Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has finally returned to Kenya, 1,716 days after he was deported to Canada by former President Kenyatta’s administration.
Miguna landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Thursday at 6 a.m. aboard a Kenya Airways flight and was received by a large crowd of supporters.
“I am very very very grateful for the warm welcome that you have given me, and I am extremely happy to be back home. I extend my gratitude to all Kneyans who have stood with me, with the Bill of Rights in the constitution, with the cause of justice, the dictates of democracy and the dictates of the rule of law,” Miguna told reporters at JKIA.
He expressed his gratitude to President Ruto, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, their administration and the judiciary for protecting his rights and facilitating his return.
“I would like to extend my gratitude to the Judiciary that stood firm with the rule of law. I must extend my gratitude to Kenyans who voted overwhelmingly for the Kenya Kwanza government because that is central for me. Without this administration I would not be back home,” he said.
“I am thanking the president, his deputy and their administration and everybody else who has worked tirelessly to make sure that my rights and the rights of every other Kenyan are protected. What has happened to me should never happen to anyone else. A Kenyan born citizen cannot be removed forcefully from the country and banished to a foreign land.”
Miguna was deported to Canada in February 2018 following his arrest for administering the swearing-in of ODM leader Raila Odinga as ‘people’s president’. Immigration authorities claimed he was a Canadian national, arguing that he never re-applied for his Kenyan citizenship after the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution which provides for dual citizenship.
In 2018, a Nairobi court ruled the lawyer is a Kenyan citizen and that his birthright cannot be changed. High Court judge Chacha Mwita awarded Miguna Sh7 million for what the court found to be a violation of his human rights.
HATE HIM, LOVE HIM- In my…
HATE HIM, LOVE HIM- In my capacity as a fellow Kenyan, this man DID NOT deserve the kind of treatment he got from Uhuru, his government and Raila. That was where I drew the line with them. LIVE AND LET LIVE, USIPIMIE WATU HEWA KWA NCHI YAO!
I think this is one thing UK…
I think this is one thing UK handled nicely…a cool, quiet, cold kiboko… Miguna knows kuapisha was WRONG….Miguna knows not to re-apply for his citizenship after forfeiting it before dual-citizenship was a thing was WRONG… he knows what the law said in both… Masomo bila school fees for his big headedness
Aisifuye mvua imemnyea.
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Aisifuye mvua imemnyea.
– Methali ya Kiswahili
I respectfully disagree with…
I respectfully disagree with all the idiots commenting and stating that his deportation was illegal. Read what the law said.
Although dual citizenship was allowed. One had to reaply to maintain dual citizenship by filling out a simple form. He refused to do it. And hence the drama.
Those who accommodate him without acknowledging the facts behind the deportation are just like the right-wing idiots we have here in the US. They still believe that trump worn the 2020 elections and that he will be reelected in 2024.
All yo grow up and stop eating yellow snow.
Shoe and other Kenyans will…
Shoe and other Kenyans will pay Miguna hundreds of millions for Uhuru’s drunkenness which led him to eject him(Miguna) from Kenya. Your 2010 katiba is 90% faulty and should be overhauled.No one(including Changaa Uhuru & Co.) can cancel your birthright citizenship.That is why the poop govt never appealed Mwiti’s judgement on Miguna.
Have seen every statement he…
Have seen every statement he’s made upon return. It’s like watching a Lamborghini at the stop light, driver obeying the rules and trying REAL HARD not to release the brakes and say something that will get him deported again. Only time will tell.
Miguna is one highly…
Miguna is one highly disappointed man at this time. He expected a huge crowd at JKIA singing revolution songs and shouting VIVA! ready to welcome him.
I can’t believe that someone…
I can’t believe that someone can try and justify that black is white and vice versa.
But these are the times we are living in
My uncle died in Norway,…
My uncle died in Norway, even the folks who fought with him didn’t show up for his burial Raila being one of them.
Live goes on, but reasons are learned along the way.