- Add new comment
- 922 views
Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has slammed the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for notifying him to file tax returns ahead of the June 30th deadline.
In an e-mail sent to Miguna, KRA said that records showed he was yet to file his returns for last year and urged him to do so to avoid further penalties.
“Our records show you have not filed a return for last year…KRA reminds you that you have until 30th June 2022, to avoid accruing further penalties. If you did not earn any income, you are required to fine a NIL return,” the e-mail reads in part.
Miguna, who was deported to Canada four years ago, responded to the e-mail via a Facebook post, vowing not to file any returns until the government obeys court orders to allow him back into the country.
“Dear Kenya Revenue Authority and State House Kenya: You want my annual income tax returns and threaten me with penalties but you have blocked me from returning to my motherland. Start by OBEYING court orders,” Miguna wrote.
Miguna was deported to Canada in February 2018 following his arrest for taking part in the mock swearing-in of ODM leader Raila Odinga as ‘people’s president’.
The Immigration Department later indicated that Miguna was illegally in the country, saying that he had renounced his Kenyan citizenship while acquiring a Canadian passport.
In 2018, Justice Chacha Mwita ruled that Miguna is a Kenyan citizen and that his birthright is not affected by him holding a Canadian passport. The judge added that Miguna’s rights were violated when they deported him and awarded Sh7 million as compensation.
Several court orders have since been issued directing the government to facilitate Miguna’s return to Kenya but authorities have ignored these orders.
Comments
Hasn’t Miguna bragged about a house he has in Nairobi? We all pay property taxes. He needs to pay that part of the KRA deal!
Because he is required to by law. My family moved back to Kenya from the U.S. and they have to file IRS returns every year. At least Kenya doesn't tax you on income made outside the country - the U.S. does. So stop siding with this good for nothing loud mouth!
At least your family was able to move back to Kenya
I support him on this one!
Miguna needs to understand something. Paying taxes in a country where you are deriving income has nothing to do with citizenship. Some of us payed taxes for years as illegal aliens right up to the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. RIP President Ronald Reagan.
Miguna, You own properties in Kenya.
Stupid government acknowledges that Miguna is a Kenyan citizen, and the same government has denied him entry because he is not a Kenyan citizen!
So he has to File Tax RETURNS before he RETURNS. Huh!🤔
A mafia government! That’s it!
Miguna Miguna - You always pride yourself that you have a house in Runda. In Kenya every body pays property taxes. Tax payment matters are apolitical.
Please pay your damn property taxes for the house in Runda and stop whining like a little Toddler.
Wacha kuropoka ropoka Miguna Miguna. Pay your taxes as required of every kenya. Don’t you have a house in kenya? That is the property tax returns you need to file. It does not matter where you are in the world, you still have to pay your property taxes.
Once again greed and access to other people's money continues to drive policy in Kenya. They have no shame asking Miguna to file taxes while simultaneously violating his rights as a citizen. Shame on KRA!
I strongly support Miguna on this!
You STUPID STUPID INDIVIDUALS. Mumekaliwa miaka yenu yote without questioning authority mnafikiria kila mtu ni kama nyinyi? Miguna has been barred to enjoy the comfort of HIS HOME in Runda. Most likely if he tried to sell it he would incur some roadblocks set up by some devilish people having fun with this whole issue while someone is suffering. Kenya nyinyi ni wajinga. Mkiona mwenzenu ananyolewa na wembe prepare your head too. Leo yeye kesho wewe. Miguna usijaribu kulipa hiyo tax tuone watafanya nini! Ng'ombe hizi. Some people disgust me! NKT!
In this case, Miguna Miguna is right. If he has no income in Kenya and he is not considered Kenyan, why should he file?