{"id":109389,"date":"2023-12-22T19:51:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T19:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/i-did-not-support-ruto-to-secure-my-return-to-kenya-miguna"},"modified":"2023-12-22T20:28:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:28:19","slug":"i-did-not-support-ruto-to-secure-my-return-to-kenya-miguna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/i-did-not-support-ruto-to-secure-my-return-to-kenya-miguna","title":{"rendered":"I did not support Ruto to secure my return to Kenya \u2013 Miguna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Lawyer Miguna Miguna has dismissed reports that he supported President William Ruto ahead of the August 2022 elections to secure his return to Kenya.<\/p>\n

He said the idea that he supported Ruto in exchange for returning to his motherland is a \u201csick joke\u201d and must be rejected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never lost my rights of citizenship. My return was not a gift. I am exercising my rights without fear,\u201d he said on X.<\/p>\n

A local daily had said the ‘marriage’ between Ruto and Muguna had collapsed following the lawyer\u2019s recent criticism of the Kenya Kwanza administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m married to one woman,\u201d Miguna stated.<\/p>\n

Miguna returned to Kenya on October 20, 2022, after being in exile for over four years.<\/p>\n

The opposition figure was deported by the government of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta after hotly contested elections in which Miguna supported Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n

Officials said Miguna was arrested for membership in the opposition National Resistance Movement (NRM) of which he had earlier proclaimed himself a “general”.<\/p>\n

A court ruled that the police had disobeyed court orders by holding Miguna. The High Court Justice Dennis Wakiaga ordered his immediate release on a cash bail of $500.<\/p>\n

A day later in February 2018, Miguna was deported to Canada.<\/p>\n

Miguna returned to Kenya on October 20, 2022, shortly after President William Ruto took power on September 13, 2022.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival at the JKIA, Miguna extended gratitude to all Kenyans who stood with him, the judiciary and Ruto whom he also thanked saying, “Without this administration, I would not be back home”.<\/p>\n

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