Gov't to Appeal High Court Ruling Awarding Miguna Miguna Sh7.2 Million Compensation for Illegal Deportation

Attorney-General Paul Kihara Kariuki is set to file an appeal against High Court ruling that ordered Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and Immigration Principal Secretary Gordon Kihalangwa to compensate Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Sh7.2 million for illegal deportation.

Citizen Digital reports that AG Kihara filed a notice of appeal immediately after Justice Chacha Mwita’s verdict on Friday and is set to file a substantive appeal on Monday morning.

Justice Mwita ruled that the two violated the self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general's rights in declaring him a prohibited immigrant and bundling him out of the country.

He also ruled that Miguna did not lose his Kenyan citizenship when he acquired a Canadian passport in 1988.

“…The government’s deduction to cancel Miguna Miguna’s passport and declaring him prohibited immigrant is unconstitutional and is hereby declared null and void,” reads the ruling.

“I find and hold that he did not lose his citizenship upon acquiring a Canadian passport,” declared Justice Mwita.