The Kenyan Immigration Service on Tuesday defended its decision to refuse key opposition politician, Miguna Miguna entry into the country after traveling from the United Kingdom on Monday.
The service said Miguna who has a dual Kenyan and Canadian citizenship refused to cooperate in submitting relevant documents to facilitate his entry into the county.
Miguna’s lawyers said on Tuesday that their client was detained by police at the airport in Nairobi, with video footage showing the attempt to deport him to Canada.
Police kidnapping #MigunaMiguna
So hurting#MigunaReturns pic.twitter.com/m9FnAsOyUH— Norah ™ (@Norahrobina) March 26, 2018
The immigration service said Miguna lost his citizenship in 1998 when he acquired a Canadian passport at a time Kenya did now allow dual citizenship.
PRESS STATEMENT : Comprehensive Update on Miguna Miguna’s Arrival at JKIA.
Cc. @GKihalangwa @InteriorKE @mwendanjoka #AskImmigrationKE pic.twitter.com/ARuaUHofbX— Immigration Kenya. (@ImmigrationDept) March 27, 2018
Officials are now asking him to re-fill an application form for it to be reconsidered, a request Miguna Miguna is reported by local media to have refused to do.
In February this year Kenya’s High Court ordered immigration officials to ensure that the opposition politician returns to the country after he was deported to Canada.
A Kenyan court had ruled revoking the deportation of Miguna Miguna who was flown to Canada by the government.
The court’s ruling appears to have indicted the government’s action which was in response to Miguna’s role in administering an oath for opposition leader Raila Odinga who has declared himself as the country’s “president”.
Source: Africafeeds.com
