Miguna Wants CS Omamo Jailed for Six Months For Disobeying Court Orders

Lawyer Miguna Miguna wants Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo jailed for six months for disobeying court orders.

In an application filed at the High Court in Milimani, the exiled barrister says the CS declined to issue him with emergency travel documents as directed by court.

Miguna argues that Omamo is in contempt of orders dated November 22, 2021 that required him to obtain emergency travel documents from any Embassy or High Commission within 72 hours.

At the time, the advocate was in Berlin, Germany, getting ready to return to Nairobi since 2018.

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He told the court that he then went to the Kenya High Commission in Berlin seeking to be granted the travel documents but the staff declined saying they were “small people” who risked losing their jobs if they complied.

“I duly identified myself using my valid Kenya National Identity Card and requested the officials present namely, Esther Nyambura Mungai (Deputy Head of Mission), Emma Malinda (Head of Consular Services), Matilda Lijembe and Alexander Karuma to issue me with emergency travel documents as directed by the court,” he said in court papers.

Upon returning to the embassy the next day with physical copies of the court order, Miguna says in court papers, the Kenya High Commission locked him outside for more than half an hour.

“They walked out of the conference room they had ushered me into without issuing me with the documents,” Miguna said through lawyer Kamotho Njenga.

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“At no time did any of the Kenya embassy officials in Berlin, Germany, ask me to complete or fill any forms, nor did they provide me with any forms to complete that would have ensured compliance with the order of the court.”

On November 25, 2021, after waiting for more than 3 days in Berlin, Miguna travelled back to Canada.

“I was not physically, emotionally and financially able to continue to undergo the frustrations and abuse inflicted upon me by the Respondents. Staying on in Berlin any longer under the circumstances would have been unreasonable and also unsustainable,” court documents read.

Miguna is also seeking compensation of $10,000 (about Sh1.1 million) from the government.

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The monies are supposed to cover the losses incurred during his aborted trip.

The fierce critic of the President Uhuru Kenyatta and his handshake partner Raila Odinga wants the application certified urgent and the CS ordered to act on the court orders to enable him return to the country.

Should CS Omamo fail to comply with the orders, Miguna wants the court to issue an order of citizen arrest to Kenyans to jointly or severally, arrest on sight, and deliver the CS to Kamiti Maximum Prison.

Attorney-General Kihara Kariuki, CS Omamo, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority Director-General Gilbert Kibe, Kenya Airports Authority Acting Managing Director Alex Gitari and Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i have been listed as respondents.