Interior CS Dr. Fred Matiang’i before parliamentary committee on national security accompanied by CAS ole Ntutu, PS Kibicho and PS Kihalangwa to give a report on Miguna Miguna issue. pic.twitter.com/9BVb0vrTu6— Mwenda Njoka (@mwendanjoka) April 3, 2018
Top Kenyan government officials are currently appearing before a parliamentary committee to answer questions about their handling of opposition politician Miguna Miguna, who was deported from the country last week.
A court has fined the three officials - Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i, Police Inspector Joseph Boinnet and Immigration Principal Secretary Gordon Kihalangwa - for not obeying an order to release Mr Miguna.
The lawyer was held at the main airport for three days following a row over his citizenship before being sent back to Dubai.
A government official has shared a picture of the three officials at the parliamentary hearing:
He said he was beaten and drugged before being forcibly removed from the country to Dubai.
Kenyan authorities say he renounced his citizenship in the 1988 when he took Canadian citizenship.
They say that he should apply for the Kenyan citizenship if he wants to regain his status.
Mr Miguna says that he was born in Kenya and did not lose that status. His supporters also point out that he was a candidate for the Nairobi governor race in last year's election, a privilege held only for citizens.
He tweeted yesterday that he had arrived in Canada for treatment and that his plans remain to return to Kenya.
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