Inspector General of Police, Joseph Boinnet, on Wednesday distanced himself from the controversial deportation of self-proclaimed general of the outlawed National Resistance Movement (NRM) Miguna Miguna.
Addressing the Milimani Law Courts, state prosecutor Duncan Ondimu told the court that IG Boinnet and the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), George Kinoti, were not involved in the removal of Miguna from Kenya.
Mr Ondimu, however, revealed that the Immigration Department of Kenya is to blame for the sudden turn of events.
Boinnet and Kinoti did not appear before Judge Luka Kimaru, again, despite having been ordered to personally be present for the hearings of the case against Miguna.
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The duo has since defied court orders since on Monday when Judge Kinaru directed them to personally present the lawyer in court following the scanty details about his whereabouts.
Interior CS Fred Matiang'i, through a letter, on Wednesday took responsibility for the deportation of the outspoken lawyer.
NASA leaders and Miguna's lawyers have harshly condemned the decision by the government to have him deported to Canada.
The government has asserted that Miguna was no longer a Kenyan citizen as he had repudiated his citizenship a while back.
Upon arrival to Amsterdam, he issued a hard-hitting statement on his forceful deportation to Canada.
He refuted claims that he had renounced his Kenyan citizenship, affirming that he is still a Kenyan and he will be back to the country soon.
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"I have never, ever renounced my Kenyan citizenship and will never do that. I've never even contemplated it," he noted.
He further faulted the Interior CS for allegedly contravening the provisions of the Constitution on matters regarding citizenship.
