46 NEW VISION, Thursday, February 8, 2018 INTERNATIONAL NEWS Kenya deports opposition politician KENYA Nairobi “The despots have put me in a flight to Amsterdam enroute to Toronto, departure time right now,” tweeted Miguna Miguna. “Instead of taking me to court as ordered repeatedly by the courts, they seized my passports and drove me to the runaway at the JKIA (Jomo Uhuru Kenyatta Kenyatta International Airport) from 6:00pm up to now,” Miguna said in “Miguna is headed home. The a tweet moments before he left JKIA, court ordered he gets released and The Star newspaper reported. @InteriorKE obeyed the orders and The self-proclaimed National even assisted him with a flight ticket Resistance Movement general said home. Please note he renewed his he will fight to return to Kenya as Canadian passport on June 16, 2017,” soon as possible. NRM is a resistance the tweet read. wing of the opposition National NexusKE describes itself as ‘The Super Alliance (NASA). Official Government Newsroom - Miguna, who has dual citizenship, communicating transformation’ and was forced into a KLM flight that is run from the presidency. departed at around 11:00pm. Interior ministry spokesperson His lawyer, Nelson Havi, termed Mwenda Njoka also posted a tweet the government’s efforts against his saying Miguna had renounced his client as exercises in futility. Kenyan citizenship, but never re- Miguna’s troubles began when applied after the promulgation of the he stamped documents used Miguna Miguna (left) took part in the oath-taking of Odinga (centre) during the mock swearing in 2010 constitution. for NASA leader, Raila Odinga’s “Miguna denounced his Kenyan self-inauguration as the people’s “We want Miguna released. We can days after he was arrested over the citizenship years back, acquired president at Uhuru Park in Nairobi not move out of here before we see BETWEEN THE LINES oathing of Raila Odinga. Canadian citizenship and never on January 30. him released,” one shouted. Authorities used his Canadian bothered to reclaim Kenyan He was there with leaders, In a KTN interview on Tuesday Self-proclaimed National citizenship to force him to fly to citizenship in the legally prescribed including Ruaraka MP, TJ Kajwang night, lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi Resistance Movement “general” Canada. manner, neither did he disclose that and Siaya senator and lawyer James said: “Miguna is so insignificant in Miguna Miguna, a barrister in While the state claims that Miguna he had another country’s citizenship, Orengo, who has represented many Kenyan politics, so there is no need Canada and an advocate of the never reapplied for his Kenyan despite being a lawyer who should of the coalition’s politicians in legal for police to detain him unlawfully.” High Court of Kenya, was on citizenship, questions have arisen have known better,” Njoka said. matters. He added Raila’s oath-taking did Tuesday night deported from on how he contested for elections The 2010 constitution allows for Miguna was earlier on Tuesday not amount to treason as his people’s Kenya to Canada. Miguna was without it. dual citizenship, but the enabling charged in Kajiado and taken to president role is “imaginary” and only A government Twitter handle — @ legislation requires those who had Nairobi, but nobody saw him. aimed at appeasing his supporters. Nairobi for Amsterdam minutes NexusKE — posted a tweet saying ceased being citizens to re-apply to The supporters filled the court The government confirmed kicking to 10:00pm. the ministry of interior had acted on premises after news of the transfer. Miguna Miguna out of the country court orders to release Miguna. AFP Trump orders for military parade in Washington Syrian regime using UNITED STATES “So we are actually thinking about chlorine weapons — France Washington FRANCE US President Donald Trump Fourth of July, Pennsylvania Avenue, Paris has asked for a large-scale military parade, the White having a really great parade to show France said Wednesday that “all indications” suggest the House said on Tuesday, an Syrian regime is using chlorine weapons in its nearly seven- year civil war against rebel forces. unconventional move that Donald Trump would showcase American our military strength.” “All indications... tell us today that chlorine is being used by muscle and underscore his role the regime at present in Syria,” foreign minister Jean-Yves Le as commander-in-chief. Drian told BFM television. Trump — who has toyed Donald Trump But even before becoming “I have seen the president’s “I am weighing my words because as long as we have not with the idea of a parade in president, aides reported most ardent defenders use the completely documented this, we have to stay prudent,” he Washington since before being money! Trump acts more that Trump had considered now-weary argument that the said. sworn in — has made the like a dictator than president. a military parade to mark his president’s comments were UN war crimes investigators said on Tuesday that they were request to top officers, who are Americans deserve better,” inauguration. The idea was meant as a joke, just sarcasm, studying “multiple” reports that chemical weapons have looking for a date. said Democratic congressman eventually scrapped. only tongue in cheek,” said been used in the rebel-held zones of eastern Ghouta, near “President Trump is Jim McGovern. Republican Senator Jeff Flake. Damascus and in Idlib Province in recent weeks. incredibly supportive of The idea has had a long Hail to the chief “But treason is not a The US said this week there was “obvious evidence” of America’s great service gestation period. When Trump Trump has already prompted punchline, Mr President.” recent chlorine gas attacks, including in eastern Ghouta. members who risk their visited Paris last July for fears about his respect for Military veteran and Asked how France would respond, Le Drian pointed to lives every day to keep our Bastille Day, he made no secret democratic freedoms once Democratic Senator Tammy the “partnership against impunity” agreed by two dozen country safe,” White House of his awe for the pomp and this week by suggesting Duckworth also fired back countries in January to ensure that perpetrators of chemical spokesperson Sarah Sanders ceremony of the occasion. that Democrats were “un- at Trump while lampooning attacks in Syria are held accountable. said. 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The Pentagon confirmed who arrived in an open-topped joking with his comments, military and in the Senate — to Le Drian also said Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State it was “in the process of camouflaged military jeep. but what is not a joke is that preserve, protect and defend group had detained “about 100” French jihadists. determining specific details.” Months after that meeting, Democrats refuse to celebrate the constitution of the United “We are told that about 100 have been arrested by the Trump’s new request, first Trump publicly remarked: “So the accomplishments of last States, not to mindlessly cater Kurds in Syria,” he said. reported by The Washington we are actually thinking about year that have helped all to the whims of Cadet Bone French officials have shown little inclination to repatriate Post, immediately fuelled Fourth of July, Pennsylvania Americans,” Sanders said. Spurs and clap when he any of these captured fighters, as well as those facing potential comparisons to similar events Avenue, having a really great But the quip did not go down demands I clap,” she added. death penalties in Iraq, saying they should face local courts. in more autocratic countries. parade to show our military well with lawmakers, both AFP “What an absurd waste of strength.” Republicans and Democrats. AFP.