Miguna has an illegal ID card, Immigration PS says

Miguna has an illegal ID card, Immigration PS says

The government now says that the Kenyan national identity card that Miguna Miguna holds is an illegal document.

According to Immigration Department PS Gordon Kihalangwa, Miguna will have to apply for a new ID card while regularising his citizenship.

“The ID card Miguna has today is an invalid document. Even if he regains his citizenship he will have to go to the National Registration Bureau to get an ID so that he can process his passport,” he told the Parliamentary Committee on National Security on Tuesday.

Kihalangwa and other security bosses including Interior CS Fred Matiang’i, Interior PS Karanja Kibicho and Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet had been summoned to explain Miguna’s deportation.

They maintained that Miguna lost his Kenyan birthright when he acquired Canadian citizenship hence the need to make a fresh application for a passport.

Kihalangwa explained that for one to regain citizenship they are required to make an application through the Immigration Department afterwhich the documents are forwarded to the Cabinet Secretary for endorsement.

After the approval, the applicant then applies for an ID card through the National Registration Bureau, said the Immigration PS.

During the grilling session at Continental House, the PS denied claims that Miguna was detained inside a toilet at the airport, saying he was in a self-contained room with a bed, mattress and beddings.

The security chiefs also refuted claims that Miguna was assaulted and drugged before being ejected from the country.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i also denied that the Kenyan Government deported Miguna on Wednesday last week. According to the CS, Miguna had not entered Kenya since he was yet to be cleared at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi.

Dr. Matiang’i maintained that the State only returned Miguna to his port of departure – Dubai. “If he (Miguna) was deported I would have had to sign a deportation order.”

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