Kenya authorities says Opposition figure, Miguna Miguna threw 'tantrum' at airport.
Tue Mar 27, 2018 09:30:am Africa
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Kenya says Miguna Miguna threw 'tantrum' at airport
The Kenyan government has accused opposition figure Miguna Miguna of throwing a "tantrum" after footage emerged of him being manhandled by security staff at Nairobi's airport.
Mr Miguna returned to Kenya yesterday for the first time since he was expelled by the government in February.
But he made it no further than the airport, where officials blocked his entrance to the country.
According to a statement released by Kenyan immigration services overnight, he failed to provide the "requisite documents" to be allowed entry.
Authorities say he is not a Kenyan national. Mr Miguna, a dual-Canadian national, had his Kenyan passport taken away in February.
He then, the official statement said, "threw a tantrum".
Video of security officials attempts to bundle him onto a plane at Jomo Kenyatta Airport has gone viral. (Watch the video here)
The plane, however, took off without him after the lawyer refused to board.
According to The Nation's website, he refused to fly after being forced onto the Emirates flight back to Dubai, demanding: "I am not going anywhere….where is my luggage? Where is my passport? You cannot take me from my country by force."
The Nation also accuses security staff involved in the attempted deportation of assaulting journalists.
Citizen TV reporter Stephen Letoo - who the newspaper says was assaulted while he was live on air - also tweeted about the alleged violence. (See tweet here)
Mr Miguna was deported last month after taking part in the mock inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga.
He is understood to have spent the night in custody.
BBC
The Kenyan government has accused opposition figure Miguna Miguna of throwing a "tantrum" after footage emerged of him being manhandled by security staff at Nairobi's airport.
Mr Miguna returned to Kenya yesterday for the first time since he was expelled by the government in February.
But he made it no further than the airport, where officials blocked his entrance to the country.
According to a statement released by Kenyan immigration services overnight, he failed to provide the "requisite documents" to be allowed entry.
Authorities say he is not a Kenyan national. Mr Miguna, a dual-Canadian national, had his Kenyan passport taken away in February.
He then, the official statement said, "threw a tantrum".
Video of security officials attempts to bundle him onto a plane at Jomo Kenyatta Airport has gone viral. (Watch the video here)
The plane, however, took off without him after the lawyer refused to board.
According to The Nation's website, he refused to fly after being forced onto the Emirates flight back to Dubai, demanding: "I am not going anywhere….where is my luggage? Where is my passport? You cannot take me from my country by force."
The Nation also accuses security staff involved in the attempted deportation of assaulting journalists.
Citizen TV reporter Stephen Letoo - who the newspaper says was assaulted while he was live on air - also tweeted about the alleged violence. (See tweet here)
Mr Miguna was deported last month after taking part in the mock inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga.
He is understood to have spent the night in custody.
BBC
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