-Advertisement-

Deported Kenyan opposition leader ejected from flight home

Source BBC

Kenyan opposition figure and lawyer Miguna Miguna has been removed from an Air France flight in Paris moments before takeoff at Charles De Gaulle airport.

The airline said in a tweet that it had received a request from the Kenyan authorities not to allow him to board the flight to Nairobi.

Air France is the second airline to deny Mr Miguna boarding after Lufthansa airline also left him stranded at Tegel Airport in the German capital, Berlin, on Tuesday because there was a red alert on his name.

Kenyan government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna told the Daily Nation newspaper that he was not aware of any red alert and was not sure whether it was issued recently or in February 2018 when Mr Miguna was deported.

Mr Miguna was deported to Canada – where he is a citizen – following his role in the unofficial swearing-in of opposition leader Raila Odinga as “the people’s president”.

He has since then been fighting in courts to be allowed back to the country.

He got a court order in December 2018 that directed the immigration department to issue him with travel documents to facilitate his re-entry to the country.

The ministry of interior earlier this week said it will comply with the order.

Leave A Comment

Your email address will not be published.

You might also like