But our Miguna has been quite busy, hasn't he, passing severe judgement on Moi, Balala, Ruto, Kalonzo, Uhuru and anyone not seen to toe the PM's, or more likely, Miguna's line. His verdicts bestride an absurd and spurious binary of terms: those for the PM, or more probably, Miguna, are revolutionaries, reformists, or both, whereas those who aren't are KANU or Moi orphans, misty eyed with abject nostalgia for the Dark Ages. In the context of rapidity in amassing of enemies of every streak, Miguna is insuperable. 

It was therefore a complete no-brainer that some disenchanted anti-reformist would begin to interrogate the good man's past. All of a sudden, the PM together with Season's Wishes, received a letter advising that Miguna might not be a citizen of the country. It sounded laughable. In that spirit, Miguna stated that he had never, ever changed citizenship, and challenged his accusers to prove WHERE, HOW AND WHEN he changed citizenship, which he acquired by birth. He also said that he fought for the liberation of this country, including while in exile, before returning to Kenya. The Nation quoted him as saying, "When fleeing a dictatorial regime, one uses any means and even Mr Odinga once used a Tanzanian passport."

At play is that pernicious giveaway. He is, after all, a freedom fighter. He is entitled to our generous accomodation and understanding of all his claims, indiscretions and pride. Criminal offence? A freedom fighter is incapable of committing crime. Freedom fighters use all means, dammit, to save your imbecile-head over there, so that you can enjoy the fruits of Uhuru. Freedom fighters sacrifice, darlings, they rob, kill and rape for you! You cannot accuse your saviour of imperfection, that is heresy! Despite any allegation and proof, I am born innocent, and stay innocent till kingdom come. So? So, beat it! Entitlement.

Now PNU has picked up Miguna's gauntlet and run a full page advert in the press. There are copies of passports. This is really fine by me.

What really catches my attention in the advert is this sentence:

The most recent evidence that Mr. Miguna is a Canadian citizen is the high profile case involving three charges of sexual assault against him in the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Canada, one involving an African female refugee.

The case under reference is cited in the advert as Miguna v. Toronto Police Services board, 2008 ONCA 799. The fight for freedom clearly takes many interesting forms. To be fair, Miguna was acquitted on all three charges of sexual assault, because of conflicts in the evidence and so forth. The accuser seem to have been clients of his legal practice.The case referred to is a ramification of his action for malicious prosecution and related causes, against the Canadian Police

I want to say only two things about this saga. Does pride come before a fall? Who knows? But it is safe to say that he whom the gods would destroy, they first call a Barrister in Canada. And advisor to the PM on Coalition affairs.

Over ten Luo MPs, more than the number who are on record attacking Ruto, Balala and Moi, have signed and read a statement totally disowning Miguna. In effect, the barrister is well and truly fired, friendless and of dubious nationality.

Secondly, the PM himself. Clearly, he is obsessed with the cachet of foreign extraction. Germany, US, wherever. It has to be there somewhere. I think it is better to scrutinise these 'foreign' fellows first before admitting them as spokesmen and advisors. First, we had Dick Morris who was brought in by the PM to sex up the ODM campaign. The fellow slipped away in the dead of night, unnoticed as a thief. It turns out that he was alleged to have some unusual fetishes of a sexual nature, causing him much discredit huko kwao. Is there one good Dick out there? Cheney, perhaps? Then Antoine Hey, either spaced-out or mentally challenged. Probably both. Certainly a singular disgrace in whatever he was meant to have been doing.

Now, we have a refugee abusing Canadian barrister, and an advisor to the PM on coalition affairs.

Questions regarding the soundness of Mr Odinga's judgment are bound to be legitimised by such debacles.

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