Self-styled National Resistance Movement (NRM) leader Miguna Miguna on Monday, January 13, met the Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the governing political party in Berlin, Germany.
Miguna disclosed that he was on a mission to build international solidarity for his cause, having failed in multiple attempts to return to Kenya, despite court orders being issued for the government to facilitate his re-entry.
The fiery barrister shared an image of himself posing with Kai Wegner, the CDU chairman in Berlin and member of the Bundestag (German Federal Parliament) since 2005.
"Met and held a meeting with Kai Wegner, MP and chair of CDU/CSU, the German Federal Governing Party, at his offices in Berlin, on Monday, January 13, 2020.
"Building global solidarity for the struggle for democracy, rule of law and freedom in Kenya. Viva!" he captioned the photo.
Wegner was elected chairman of CDU in Berlin in 2019.
In a conversation with Kenyans.co.ke, Miguna's lawyer, John Khaminwa, had insisted that Miguna's case was a disregard of international human rights laws.
He tore into the government as he accused the state of disobeying over 18 court orders regarding Miguna's return to the country.
"My emphasis was on the disobedience of over 18 court orders on Miguna Miguna. It's unacceptable, the attorney general or a senior official needs to explain, they cannot keep sending junior officers. What is happening to Miguna is immoral and we cannot be proud of it as a nation.
"What are we to do? We are lawyers, we have court orders, we don't have guns or an army," he told this writer after leaving Milimani Law Courts on Friday, January 10.
Khaminwa further stated that the conduct of the two airlines which refused to let Miguna board their flights was not in line with international human rights norms, promising to initiate court proceedings against Lufthansa and Air France.
The two airlines had cited a request from Kenyan authorities while explaining why the exiled lawyer was not allowed to board the flights from Frankfurt, Germany and Paris, France respectively.
"The perception the airlines are giving the public is that Miguna is an international criminal, and they are tarnishing his name and we intend to proceed against them. Under the international human rights norms that is unacceptable," Khaminwa asserted.
On Monday, January 13, Justice John Mativo ordered Attorney General Paul Kihara Kariuki to submit a written opinion to the court concerning the disobedience of court orders by the government in the matter of Miguna.
He noted that Kariuki could either deliver the written explanation to court himself on Tuesday, January 21 or send a representative with it.
