Miguna says Ruto’s gov’t has lifted ‘red alerts’ imposed against him
Canada-based Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna now says he is ready to return home after the government lifted red alerts imposed against him.
Miguna, who has been unable to return to Kenya since his deportation in February 2018, said on Wednesday, October 12, that the President William Ruto-led government had lifted the alerts imposed against him by the previous administration.
"The Government of William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua has lifted the Red Alerts Uhuru Kenyatta imposed against me," Miguna said.
He is expected to arrive in the country on October 20, 2022.
"My Arrival: October 20 at 6 AM. The Rule of Law, fearlessness, persistence and focus have prevailed," Miguna said.
Miguna receives passport
The announcement comes weeks after the barrister confirmed that he had received his Kenyan passport after the intervention of the President.
The outspoken lawyer last month said he did not need to sign any documents as previously ordered for him to get the travel document.
“1687 days after Uhuru Kenyatta, @RailaOdinga, Fred Matiang'i, @Karanjakibicho and @GKihalangwa CONSPIRED to SEIZE and DESTROYED my Kenyan Passport illegally, President @WilliamsRuto has had a new one DELIVERED to me. Waiting for the LIFTING of RED ALERTS,” Miguna wrote on Twitter.
“I didn't have to sign the silly forms they were speaking about.”
In a past statement issued by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i, retired President Uhuru Kenyatta's government had stated that Miguna was required to fill out a one-page document for citizenship re-registration, which would then allow him to return to the country.
Matiang'i, at the time, argued that the lawyer had lost his citizenship due to the requirements of the old constitution, which prohibited dual citizenship, claims which Miguna rubbished.
"You must fill out a piece of paper to regain your Kenyan passport or citizenship. There's a judgment by the court on this matter which prescribed clearly how you regain your citizenship," said Matiang'i in a media interview on April 18, 2022.
He added: "There are court rulings in place by the high court on how you regain citizenship after you lost citizenship in the old constitution. Because in the old constitution you were not allowed to have dual citizenship.”
The self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general was forced out of the country after taking part in the controversial swearing-in of ODM leader Raila Odinga as the 'people's president' following the disputed 2017 election results.
