Outspoken lawyer and socio-political commentator Miguna Miguna. [Photo/Miguna]
The dramatic arrest and continued detention of self-described National Resistance Movement (NRM) general Miguna Miguna have been surrounded by disturbing facts that have sparked a vicious debate on the state of our fledgling democracy.
Plain-clothed officers descended on his Runda home in an early morning operation last week, blasting his door to shards to gain access.
Attempts to get hold of him were thwarted at every turn by police officers.
Over the weekend, the outspoken lawyer was reported to have been hit by an asthmatic attack while in prison.
Opposition leaders drove to Lari Police Station where he was reportedly being held but the police denied that he was at the police station in the first place.
The lawyer of the Director of Public Prosecutions Peter Malinyani made the shocking revelation that he did not know where Mr. Miguna was being held.
Questions are now being why the state would hold a Kenyan citizen incommunicado in spite of the fact that a court had ordered for his release on a cash bail.