Details of Miguna Miguna's International Law Firm

Exiled lawyer Miguna Miguna teamed up with a former university classmate Courtney Kazembe to open an international law firm called KMM Lawyers. 

According to the firm’s website, it has offices in Toronto, New York, Barbados, Jamaica, Kenya, Trinidad & Tobago.

The company deals with representation of individuals, businesses, organizations, governments and states at the heart of worldwide commerce, trade, regional and international relations.

KMM Lawyers Senior Partner Courtney Kazembe (left)

The founding partners, Miguna and Courtney Kazembe graduated from the Osgoode Hall Law School in 1993 and have between them 50 years of experience.

They specialise in criminal, civil, constitutional, commercial, real estate and administrative litigation in more than five jurisdictions.

Ironically one of the firm’s recent successes is the case against Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration despite Miguna being unable to return to Kenya. 

The firm’s client hired KMM Lawyers after the government declined to give his wife Canadian citizenship.

The minister argued that the two had gotten married so that the husband could secure citizenship for his wife. 

“The application was refused by the visa officer pursuant to Section 4(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations on the basis that the marriage was entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring status or privilege under Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA),” case documents filed by the government read. 

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada ruled that the marriage was authentic and not entered into for the purpose of helping his wife acquire legal status. 

“Having considered all of the evidence, the panel finds that the appellant has proven on a balance of probabilities that the marriage is genuine and that it was not entered into primarily to acquire any status or privilege under IRPA.

“The appeal is allowed.  The visa officer’s decision to refuse a permanent resident visa is set aside and the officer must continue to process the application in accordance with the reasons of the Immigration Appeal Division,” read the board’s decision.