‘General’ Miguna responds to Wilbroda’s letter

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On Friday Milele Fm Presenter  and papa  Shirandula actress Jacquey Nyaminde aka Wilbroda wrote a letter to self proclaimed general and Leader of National Resistance Movement (NRM) Dr. Miguna Miguna and shared it with him during her radio show on Milele.

In the letter, the Papa Shirandula actress had highlighted all the things have changed since the fiery lawyer was deported to Canada on March 28, 2018.

“Dear Miguna, I Miss You so much. How is Canada? Since you left Obama has visited Kenya, Ugandan socialite Zari has visited Kenya, even American artist Rick Ross has visited. Now we are waiting for Nicki Minaj. In the meantime, Wahu got saved, Amani too got saved. Kanze Dane now works at State House. Vera Sidika and Otile are the hottest couple. Eric Omondi is still a nuisance especially on social media. Willy Paul has released a new song. He ditched gospel music and now does secular music which he feels will get him enough fame,” reads part Wilbroda’s letter

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The letter which was captured on camera and later on shared on Twitter managed to get a rare response for Miguna, who received it surprisingly well.

This is what Miguna had to say

Lawyer Miguna Miguna was deported, tafter he attempted to swore in Mr. Raila Odinga as peoples president. First time he was deported to Canada where the government claimed he was a citizen.

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He then came back following a court order which the government did not adhere and  was deported again, despite a court order directing the government to release him from detention at Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi.

The fiery lawyer and National Super Alliance (Nasa) activist was ejected  after spending more than 72 hours in a tiny room he described as a “toilet” near Terminal 2.

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One of his lawyers, Mr Nelson Havi, said Dr Miguna was taken out of Kenya via a Dubai-bound EK722 flight.

Lawyer Cliff Ombeta, who also represented Dr Miguna, confirmed that his client was deported to Dubai.

He alleged that Dr Miguna “was sedated, handcuffed and taken away”.

Upon his return, he contested in the primaries of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)’s nomination for Nyando Constituency, but lost to Frederick Outa Otieno. He was part of the ODM’s campaign team during the 2007 general election. In March 2009, he was appointed as Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s senior adviser on coalition affairs and concurrently served alongside Kivutha Kibwana as the Joint-secretary to the Permanent Committee on the Management of the Grand Coalition Affairs. In August 2011, he was accused of gross misconduct and was thereby suspended without pay. The suspension was lifted on 29 December 2011 but Miguna rejected his reinstatement.

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In 2010, some members from the Party of National Unity side of the coalition accused him of being a foreigner for holding a Canadian passport, as Kenyan law didn’t recognise dual citizenship at the time he acquired Canadian citizenship, although the Kenyan constitution was changed in 2010 to allow for it.

They wrote, “While Mr. Miguna Miguna was born in Kenya, he has since become a citizen of Canada. Like all other expatriates working in the country, our laws require that Mr Miguna apply for and obtain the relevant permits to live and work in Kenya.” Miguna responded that he was a Kenyan citizen by birth and that he had never renounced his citizenship. However, he did acquire Canadian citizenship at some point while in exile. Miguna justified his actions by saying at the time, “When fleeing a dictatorial regime, one uses any means and even Mr. Odinga once used a Tanzanian passport.”

On 14 July 2012, he launched his first memoir titled Peeling Back the Mask: A Quest for Justice in Kenya. The book was very critical of Raila Odinga and purported to expose him as a charlatan. It sparked protests from Odinga’s supporters in Ahero who burned Miguna’s effigy and mock coffin and thereafter sprinkling its ashes into River Nyando.

He was attacked whilst promoting his book at a hotel in Mombasa and had to be rescued by the police.

 

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