Miguna Miguna’s personal demons come out to haunt him

As a boy, I was taught by dad that I shouldn’t take advantage of fragile people. That lesson has stuck with me throughout my life — and to good effect. Today, I will make an exception to that rule. That’s because the subject of my pen is no other than lawyer Miguna Miguna. And it’s not because Mr Miguna is a loudmouth. He shares that character flaw with many in public life. No — it’s because the man with the same name twice has opened the door. I won’t call it the door to ridicule. Nyet — it’s the door to be peeled like an onion. To use his own term, “peel back the mask.” He seeks public office, and must bear scrutiny.

Mr Miguna is one of a kind. What kind is the question. I have watched him because he pops up often in the press and social media. He’s not a cartoon, but he’s as close to one as a living being can be. That’s why there should be an article entitled Miguna’s Inferior Complex. I have concluded that there are three things that truly terrify Mr Miguna — women, ODM’s Raila Odinga, and white people. The three are disparate but they are joined in Mr Miguna’s mind with his own inadequacies.