Lawyer Miguna Miguna has constantly hit the news headlines in the nation all his political life with the most recent wave of the past elections heightening his status as a top newsmaker in the nation when he was unceremoniously deported to Canada.
His unwavering confidence, bravado and meticulous use of the Queen's language has seen him gain a massive following of people who hate and love him in equal measure.
The fiery lawyer has had a lot of controversial acts of violence and excessive force by the state and ordinary citizens administered to him.
In August 2012, Miguna had just flown back from a holiday break in Canada where he had gone to unwind and come back with gusto to tour the nation to campaign for his newly launched book, "Peeling Back the Mask: A quest for Justice in Kenya".
The book contains juicy political details that stained ODM leader Raila Odinga's reputation who was the nation's Prime Minister then.
In his book, the abrasive barrister presented details that he found to be very sad and deplorable about Raila which he felt Kenyans needed to know in order to unmask the "true colors" of the Premier.
He organized for his Mombasa tour at Castle Hotel where he hosted the locals and gave them intricate excerpts in his book that did not augur well with his listeners who were politically affiliated to Odinga.
Soon after his speech, Miguna posed to respond to questions from the audience when hell broke loose.
Countless agitated citizens surged forward and attacked the man of the hour, the table which refreshments had been well arranged was kicked and broken down with chairs flying in every corner.
Miguna was surrounded by a few of the hotel's security detail and shoved into a casino room at the back. The glass at the door of the hind room was broken and the protesters waited outside demanding for his release so that they give him the full brunt of their fury.
The embattled lawyer was later on escorted by the security personnel to his car but this did not materialize as the awaiting lot charged at him raining countless blows whenever they got an aim. One of the protesters had a catapult which was targeting Miguna's head.
Miguna lost his left shoe, his infamous hat and his glasses during the fracas.
It was only until anti-riot police officers in Mombasa headed by Kipkemoi Rop arrived at the "battleground" that Miguna was evacuated from the precincts of the hotel.
