Why state should facilitate Miguna's smooth return or denounce handshake

Even the chickens in the village know when the fiery lawyer Miguna Miguna’s “woes” began. It was never about his alleged illegal citizenship status. The provenance of the bad blood between Miguna and the State is entirely in connection to his hard stance on the credibility—or lack of as it were—of the August and October presidential elections.

But the culmination of it as we all know was the role he played in the historic mock swearing-in of Opposition leader Raila Odinga as the People’s President of the Republic of Kenya on 30th January 2018. When the whole battalion of advocates hovering around Raila was so paranoid to take charge when no one was ready to stick out their necks, stand up and be counted, Miguna—oozing unparalleled charisma and valor—did.