Miguna Miguna has arrived in Canada after being 'deported' by the Kenyan government.
The self-proclaimed National Resistance Movement general was treated to a warm reception by a group of men and women at the Toronto International Airport, who shouted “welcome general! Welcome home!” in a video circulating on social media.
Miguna said he had not taken a bath since Friday last week when he was arrested at his Runda home for administering the oath taken by NASA leader Raila Odinga at Uhuru Park on January 30.
"I want to go and take a shower, I haven't showered for the last six days, maybe seven. So I need to take a good shower, hug my wife, hug my children, then eat properly, I have not eaten for the last one week and then I can talk about anything else," says Miguna in the video
The outspoken lawyer was arraigned in a Kajiado court, where he was charged with treason for taking part in the swearing in of Odinga.
He, however, declined to take a plea, saying High Court Judge Luka Kimaru had ordered that he be taken to Nairobi.
Police did not present him in court as ordered by the judge.
Miguna was Tuesday night forced to board a KLM flight to Canada via Amsterdam.
On Wednesday morning, Ministry of Interior spokesman Mwenda Njoka claimed Miguna renounced his Kenyan citizenship years ago and acquired Canadian citizenship.
Njoka further claimed that Miguna never bothered to reclaim his Kenyan citizenship in the legally prescribed manner and that he did not disclose that he had another country’s citizenship.
But Miguna, who unsuccessfully vied for Nairobi governor seat in the August 8 general elections, accused the ministry of violating the constitution.
"The constitution is clear that no one can invalidate or purport to cancel the citizenship of a Kenyan-born citizen. So, Matiang’i (Interior Cabinet secretary) has no authority, and I didn’t request him to 'take me home' as he claimed," said the barrister in an interview in Amsterdam.