I will bring back Miguna when elected president- DP Ruto

Deputy President William Ruto has promised to bring controversial lawyer Miguna Miguna back to Kenya if he clinches the presidency.

Speaking during an interview on Sunday, Ruto said Miguna is a Kenyan and if he committed a crime, he should be dealt with in accordance with the law, instead of being exiled.

Miguna has been in Canada since 2018 when he was deported following his role in the unofficial swearing-in of ODM Party leader Raila Odinga as the ‘people’s president.

“We will bring back Miguna Miguna in the country within the shortest time possible when I become President,” Ruto said.

“This is because he's Kenyan and even if he has committed a crime, our country has laws in place that he will face." 

Miguna’s tribulations started in 2018 after the mock swearing-in of Raila Odinga as the People’s President following the 2017 presidential election that was won by President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Jubilee Party.

After administering an oath of office to Raila, Miguna was arrested and charged with consenting to the administration of an oath to commit treason. The court released him, but the government arrested him again and seized his passport before deporting him to Canada.

Since then, the lawyer has never stepped into any country within the African continent following a Red Alert order issued by the government to all the airlines, barring them from facilitating Miguna’s travel to Africa.

Despite several attempts seeking the court’s attention, the government has not yielded to Miguna’s plea.