Here is a press statement from the Kenyan government on why Miguna Miguna was almost deported again.
PRESS STATEMENT:
UPDATE ON MIGUNA MIGUNA’S ARRIVAL AT JKIA
Last night Kenyans were treated to the unfortunate drama of one Miguna Miguna’s theatrics at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport when he refused to hand over his travel documents for endorsement as required by law and international travel regulations.
Upon arrival aboard Emirates Flight EK 719 at about 14.30hrs, immigration officials, in compliance with Court Order, requested Miguna to present the documents he had used to travel into the country in order to facilitate his entry.
Instead of presenting the requisite travel documents he had exited with from Canada, Miguna became unruly and threw a tantrum saying that he was a Kenyan who should be allowed to enter the country without immigration clearance as is required of all arriving passengers irrespective of their nationality.
His lawyers and officials from the Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC) who had been given access to the restricted immigration area to witness the processing of Miguna’s entry as per the Court Order requested Miguna to present his Canadian passport for processing. Miguna refused.
Instead, he showed his national identification card and demanded that he should be immigrated on the strength of the ID card. The national ID is only acceptable as a travel document to and from Northern Corridors countries of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Southern Sudan. Miguna’s travel had not originated from any of these countries.
As we stated earlier this year, Miguna automatically lost his Kenyan citizenship in 1998 when he acquired the Canadian citizenship at a time when Kenya did not allow dual citizenship.
Upon the promulgation of the new Constitution which provided for dual citizenship, Miguna was expected to regain his claim to Kenyan citizenship upon requisite application. To date he has never done so.
To enable Miguna regularize his citizenship status, the Department of Immigration has this morning despatched the requisite application forms to JKIA for Miguna to duly fill for processing.
Tuesday; 27th March 2018
JOSEPH P. MUNYWOKI
Ag. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION