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Being a citizen by birth cannot be revoked

Former Wajir South Constituency MP Mahamud Sirat. [Photo: Courtesy]

Heavily armed police officers raided a former MP’s home and bundled him into a waiting vehicle as he prepared to witness the scrutiny of Wajir South parliamentary votes in 2007.

What followed was the agony for former Wajir MP Muhamud Sirat to prove that he is Kenyan by birth and not ready to be deported to Australia.

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