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Miguna Miguna Announces Says is Going Back to Kenya Next Month

Miguna Miguna Announces Says is Going Back to Kenya Next Month

Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna says he is returning to Kenya next month, following his deportation almost five years ago.

Through Twitter on Thursday, Miguna said he will depart Toronto, Canada on October 24th and land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi the next day.

"Homecoming itinerary. After nearly 5 years of forced barbaric exile, I'm returning home. Departing from Toronto: October 24, 2022. Arrival at JKIA, Nairobi: October 25, 2022, at 8:20 PM. See you, everyone," Miguna wrote on Twitter.

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The announcement comes two days after he received a new Kenyan passport following an intervention by President Ruto, who had pledged to facilitate his return once he ascends to power.

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 that the firebrand politician 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 violation of his human rights.

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

The judge further held that Miguna did not lose his Kenyan citizenship upon acquiring a Canadian passport.

 “Miguna Miguna was entitled to due process… declaring Miguna Miguna a prohibited immigrant cannot stand since he is a Kenyan citizen,” the judge added.
 

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  1. PPPianSep 22, 2022

    People who Keep on Announcing themselves (like Miguna) are People suffering Inferiority complex; and Trying their Best to Wear High-heeled "Political Shoes" to Stay relevant.

  2. KibogoyoSep 23, 2022

    Cannot stop laughing...you made my day!

  3. BmoreSep 23, 2022

    Agree with you In totality. I wait to see how long the bromance between Ruto and miguna will last.

  4. Kenya.Sep 23, 2022

    People have moved on. Miguna Miguna is irrelevant. It will not take long you hear Miguna Miguna throwing the same insults to Ruto to get attention.

  5. BenSep 23, 2022

    Don't be swearing anyone illegally. They were kind to deport you instead of jail time, but they were unfair to target you alone and let Baba and Orengo walk. Justice was not quite meted out...

  6. KibogoyoSep 24, 2022

    Mwakilishi is either too idle and lacking stories to tell or Miguna is paying them to keep his Trump like affinity to front page news. Why do we need to know Miguna is now taking a shower getting ready to go the airport, Miguna is taking coffee at cafe at the airport waiting for Clara dance ! Can we move something that is news ?

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