Court Orders for the Immediate Release of Miguna Miguna

The High Court has ordered for the immediate release of National Resistance Movement (NRM) self-proclaimed general Miguna Miguna.

Miguna is reportedly being detained at an undisclosed location at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi following the botched deportation attempt on Monday night.

Issuing the orders on Tuesday afternoon, Justice Roselyn Aburili directed that Miguna be brought in court on Wednesday.

The release order was granted after Miguna’s lawyers, John Khaminwa and Nelson Havi filed an application on Tuesday, seeking his immediate release and unrestricted right to reenter Kenya.

They further sought orders blocking the Immigration Department from deporting Miguna. The former Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant has been at the airport for over 24 hours, since arriving on Monday at 2.30pm.

“The petitioner is currently being detained incommunicado in a toilet at Terminal 2 at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Nairobi,”Court papers by Miguna's lawyers read.

“The respondents have unlawfully seized the petitioners Canadian passport in a clear attempt to have him declared stateless and continue to violate his fundamental rights and freedoms,” they add.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi, Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett, Acting Director of Immigration Joseph Munywoki and DCI boss George Kinoti have been listed as respondents in the case.