Matiang'i: Only one-page document needed for Miguna to return
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Sunday accused exiled lawyer Miguna Miguna of standing in his own way regarding the matter of his return to Kenya.
He claimed the lawyer had refused to fill what he said was a 'one-page document' that would his facilitate his entry.
Speaking during an interview on NTV, Dr Matiang’i refuted claims that he has disobeyed court orders that directed him to facilitate Miguna’s return. In his defence, Dr Matiang’i implied that the activist had been reluctant to fill the one-page form that is required of dual citizenship applicants.
“We have obeyed even the recent order when we were ordered to facilitate him to come. Our minister for foreign affairs organised with the mission in Germany. We have opened immigration offices even in Canada. What is so difficult about filling that one page letter? Over 300,000 Kenyans gave filled out that paper,” said Dr Matiang’i.
The letter, referred to as Form 2, is a declaration made by a dual citizen. It requires details of the applicant’s name, address, habitual residence at the time of making the application, age and country of birth.
The applicant is required to declare his nationality and nature of his citizenship, whether by birth, registration, or naturalization. The document is then signed and validated by a magistrate or commissioner of oaths.
The requirement to fill this form, noted Dr Matiangi, came after “someone went to court” with the claim that the procedure initially followed to regain dual citizenship violated the law. BY DAILY NATION
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