Impasse over lawyer Miguna Miguna’s return to Kenya will soon be solved. This is after the High Court set a date to give a ruling on the matter. The High Court has set the ruling date for December 14th, 2018
Lawyer Miguna Miguna had sued the government, seeking unrestricted entry into the country following a visa debacle.
In the lawsuit filed by his lawyers Nelson Havi, John Khaminwa and Julie Soweto back in March, Dr Miguna also wanted court to block his deportation.
He sued Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett, Immigration director Gordon Kihalangwa, Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti and the Attorney-General, among others.
Dr Miguna rejected the government’s attempts to deport him to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The government rejected Dr Miguna’s return to Kenya and attempted to re-deport him to Canada after a nine-hour stand-off at JKIA.
“I am not going anywhere….where is my luggage? Where is my passport? You cannot take me from my country by force,” he remonstrated as the commotion delayed Flight EK 722 bound for Dubai.
Miguna even refused fill citizenship forms issued by the Immigration department with his lawyer Cliff Ombeta saying his client would not apply for Kenyan citizenship afresh “because it would mean that Miguna will be agreeing that the government was right about his citizenship.”
He called on the government to respect High Court order that allowed Dr Miguna back into Kenya after his illegal deportation to Canada.
“He should be allowed to enter Kenya on the strength of the court order,” Mr Ombeta told journalists at JKIA.
He said inking the documents would mean that Dr Miguna agrees that the government was right from the start that he was illegally in Kenya.
“The government wants him to use his Canadian citizenship to justify their actions, they want him to get a Visa so that he is given time limits,” he said.
Should the High Court Grant Miguna Miguna Unrestricted entry into the Country?