Toronto: Deported lawyer Miguna Miguna has landed in Toronto, Canada, after leaving Dubai International Airport, where he spent four days. One of his lawyers, Nelson Havi, said Miguna left Dubai on "his own and with the assistance of the Canadian Consulate in UAE."
"(He) travelled to and arrived in Toronto, Canada. He will undergo toxicology tests and treatment for the chemicals used to sedate and poison him. He will return thereafter," Havi posted on Twitter.
According to a senior government source, Miguna left Dubai airport after producing his Canadian passport, which he had claimed to have lost during a three-day standoff at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.
Miguna, who landed in Dubai, spent four days in the Arab Emirates, mostly receiving treatment. He had complained of ill health after accusing Kenyan police of injecting him with “unknown poisonous chemicals” as they deported him. He claimed his body, especially his ribs, were hurting after being drugged, assaulted and dragged to the flight during his deportation.
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First deported to Canada in February, Miguna claims Kenyan and Canadian citizenship, but the government says he renounced his Kenyan birth right when he acquired his Canadian passport in 1998. The High Court in Nairobi has ordered the government to facilitate his return from Toronto to take part in his citizenship case after the Court of Appeal rejected State's request to have the orders suspended.
The Department of Immigration had on March 27 issued application papers to Miguna to enable him start the process of enabling him regain his Kenyan citizenship as ordered by the courts, and to also facilitate his entry into the country. When the application was handed over to him, Miguna refused to fill in the relevant details and sign the forms. Instead, he tore the official documents and was denied entry.
