Matiang'i Defends Decision to Deport Miguna to Canada, Wants Case Dropped
By John WanjohiPublished · 571 reads
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has defended his decision to order for deportation of former Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant Miguna Miguna to Canada.
Responding to a case filed by Miguna at the High Court, Matiang'i maintained the deportation of the self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general was within the law.
The CS noted that there was no way government would have continued to allow Miguna to benefit from blatant violation of provisions of the Constitution, as he acquired his Kenyan passport illegally, through political patronage.
Matiang'i, thus asked Justice Chacha Mwita, who is handling the suit, to dismiss it. “Joshua Miguna lost his citizenship by operation of law upon acquiring his Canadian citizenship,” the CS said in an affidavit.
On Thursday, High Court's Justice Luka Kimaru declared the deportation of the lawyer “null and void and of no legal effect”.
“I was informed by the Director of Immigration that Kenyans who became foreign citizens, who after the 2010 Constitution got back into the country and obtained Kenyan identification documents, cannot claim citizenship using the court process,” Matiang'i further notes.
The CS also denied he disregarded court orders, stating that he had never been served by anyone.
“I was never party of the proceedings, I have never been issued with any order neither personally nor by substituted service to date. I have never obtained nor received any order directing me to do or refrain from doing anything."
Miguna is challenging the decision by state to revoke his passport and citizenship through lawyer Nelson Havi.
Justice Chacha will rule on February 23rd.
Comments (9)
Mr. Matiangi, you and your government apparatus broke the law in the way you handled miguna case,
I suggest you all start afresh and argue your case in the court system.YOU MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO SWAY SOME MIND TO YOUR SIDE.IT'S CALLED DUE PROCESS.
Ndugu Matiang'i, wake up! Jubilee and NASA political parties will not be there come 2022. You will answer for your myopic view on governance, stubbornness, and arrogance come 2022.
Our new president (the current governor of Machakos Ndugu Mutua)) will not appoint you to any position in his government. His running mate will be a woman from the coastal area. This area has been ignored for the last 54 years.
The Luo people have had Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as the first vice president of Kenya. Raila was the prime minister in the previous governmemt.
The Gikuyu people have had a lion share of plum jobs in our government. They have had three presidents (Kenyatta, Mwai, and Uhuru) and two vice presidents - George Kinuthia Saitoti, and Mwai Kibaki. They have been in power continuously since 1963 as either the president or vice president or deputy prime minister ( Uhuru Kenyatta) without a break!!!!!
The Kalenjin have had Ndugu Toroitich as vice president (11 years) and president (24 years). Ndugu Samoei Ruto is the current the current vice president.
The 18 of the "fake" Luyia group have had A Logooli (Musalia Mudavadi) as a vice president and also deputy prime minister. The Samia had (Moody Awori) a vice president under Mwai Kibaki. The Bukusu had (Kijana Wamalwa) as a vice president under Mwai Kibaki.
The Masai had a short term stint as a vice president (Joseph Murumbi) under Jomo Kenyatta after Odinga was ousted from the first KANU government.
The people of the Coast have been left out in the cold for the last 54 years. I ask you Ndugu Mutua to have a female running mate from the Coast.
Our sisters (women) have been treated as second class citizens since independence. It is time that we treat each other in Kenya as equals without one group or gender being in charge for more than half a century.
The current Jubilee government is the most corrupt, inefficient, and arrogant political parry since independence. Hopefully, the people of Kenya will wake up from their sleep and elect servants of the people rather than the current rogue regime which is treating their fellow Kenyans as if they were their masters!
Long live the New Republic of Kenya without Raila or Uhuru in the political background come 2022. Jubilee and NASA political parties will die a natural death the same way KADU, APP, KPU, and many more others vanished from the political scene.
Both of you up here you are all despondents ans have no clue in regards to law so your comments are baseless and useless. Refrain from imposing your impurities and propagandas
@imara wi mundu mutumanu, mundu mutunduu muno. Though i agree with you that the Jubelee leaning Alfred Ng'ang'a Mutua is presidential material. You and @mbingu utumamu usu mui nawo ni too much. Please come back home, the missing A.
Using your argument Kambas had Kalonzo AKA Watermelon, as Vice President during Kibaki's time so Mutua is out.
@Njai: Njai we wi mundu mui muno! Andu oi maiumanaa!
@Mwororo: I accidentally omitted Ndugu Kalonzo. Thank you for refreshing my mind.
I should have narrowed it to the the seat of the "presidency." Only my Gikuyu and Kalenjin brothers have had the honor of sleeping in our state house as the president of Kenya in the last 54 years!!!.
We must come up with a system which gives everybody a chance of being the president of Kenya. That includes the true indigenous people of Kenya - The Ogiek/Dorobo.
My Kenyan ancestry can be traced back to the Xhosa people of South Africa. I was born in Kenya. I hope Ndugu Matiang'i does not deport me back to South Africa although I don't have a South African passport.
Really Matiangi??How do you justify shurting down Media one week..disobey court orders...Kenyans will need outcome of your investigation...if indeed there was one and for Miguna bring to book those who cleared him to
run for NBO Governor position..to be fair table documents to show indeed he denounced his citizenship..we may disagree to agree good Luck Omogaka mwekenyoro..
Every Kenyan if free to run for State House regardless of tribe. The way you campaign and the mumber of votes decides your fate. It is true the Mt. Kenya regiom have had the lions share of the presidency due to their numerical strength. If we use 'equitable resource distribution' then they should get the lions share. Hawa GEMA people ni wengi ajabu.