Lawyers condemn government
8:00 pm: "General Miguna Miguna is Kenyan by birth ... His Canadian Passport never took away his Kenyan Citizenship... A Kenyan doesn’t need a Passport to return home ... Any other interpretation is Siasa ya Pesa Nane ..." - Donald Kipkorir.
"The High Court found his deportation as an alien to have been unlawful and ordered that his Kenyan passport is returned to him. This is completely unnecessary." - Isaac Okero, former LSK president.
Miguna furious
7:25 pm: Miguna still stranded at JKIA. Immigration officials insist he must apply for a Kenyan visa before he is allowed to leave the airport. He has refused, saying the state is violating his rights and court orders.
Orengo arrives at JKIA
6:00 pm: NASA lawyer James Orengo has arrived at the JKIA in a bid to unlock the standoff between Miguna and immigration officers.
4:55 pm: Lawyer Nelson Havi who is with Miguna at the JKIA confirms that he is being forced to apply for a Kenyan visa.
Tourist Visa
4:20 pm: Reports indicate that the government wants to admit Miguna Miguna on a tourist Visa which bars a visitor from engaging in politics or business. The NRM 'general' and his lawyers have rejected the move.
Miguna at the JKIA. [Photo/Robin Njogu]
Denied entry
4:03 pm: Miguna Miguna has been denied entry into the county after he refused to apply for a Kenyan visa.
Immigration officers hold Miguna
3:40 pm: There is a standoff at the JKIA, with immigration officials reportedly demanding that Miguna surrenders his Canada passport to them.
Miguna’s lawyer Cliff Ombeta says State wants him to sign some documents which they feel violate court orders, so they have refused. Apparently, he’s being treated as a Canadian citizen.
Standoff at JKIA?
3:15 pm: Miguna is yet to make his way out of the airport. Here is the first photo of the self-declared NRM general at the JKIA.
Miguna at JKIA today. [Photo/Samira Sawlani]
JKIA
3:07 pm: Plane carrying Miguna Miguna arrived at the JKIA at 2:24 pm. A handful of his supporters have gathered at the airport to welcome him.
Miguna's supporters at the JKIA. [Photo/Ferdinand Omondi]
[Photo/Seth Olale]
The plane carrying fiery lawyer Miguna Miguna is expected to land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at 2:30 pm today, Monday.
Miguna, a self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general, was deported by the government to Canada on February 6, 2018, following his involvement in the swearing in of Raila Odinga as the people’s president on January 30.
Before his controversial deportation, the former Nairobi gubernatorial candidate had been arrested and detained for five days incommunicado without access to his family or a lawyer.
Miguna has staged several talks in Canada, US, and the UK since his deportation.
After he arrived in Canada, groups of Kenyans reached out to him to visit their cities and address various issues, including dual citizenship.
The outspoken lawyer also embarked on a media blitz making an appearance on countless online forums and radio stations in Canada, US and Europe talking about how he was going to energize the opposition base through NRM.
Miguna returns to Kenya at a time when opposition leader Odinga has signed a unity deal with his political rival, President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Miguna pictured at an airport. He is expected to arrive in Nairobi at 2:30 pm. [Photo/Twitter]
Miguna criticised the unity deal, saying Odinga had betrayed Kenyans.
“Mr. @RailaOdinga, you've betrayed Kenyans who fought and died for you. You have betrayed our Constitution & democracy. You have betrayed the rule of law. You have betrayed the cause for electoral justice. You have betrayed your comrades in the struggle for social justice. RETIRE!” he wrote on Twitter after the surprise handshake between the president and Odinga at Harambee House.
Odinga has, however, insisted his push for electoral reforms has not changed, despite coming to an understanding with President Kenyatta.
“Nothing was put aside. Ultimately, there was an offer for talks, so we can talk about talks. The agreement was reached that it would be just between the two of us, me and Uhuru, nobody else would be involved at initial stages,” said the former prime minister in an interview with The Nation last week.