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Why there's more to Miguna Miguna's return than meets the eye

Miguna Miguna arrives at Uhuru Gardens for the Mashujaa Day celebrations. He jetted into the country at 6:00 am on October 20, 2022, after five years in exile. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The return of lawyer-politician Miguna Miguna from Canada after nearly five years in exile is a major development in his political vicissitudes.

It is something of a political "rehabilitation" by President William Ruto the same way President Daniel Moi tried with Jaramogi Odinga in 1979 when after decades outside government, Moi appointed him the Chair of the rather colourless Cotton Lint and Seed Marketing Board, a pararastal.

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