Five years later, ahead of the 1997 elections, the Moi government stripped another Mombasa opposition politician and preacher, Sheikh Balala, of his Kenyan citizenship. CRITICSThe motive behind the government’s actions against Bamahriz, Balala and lately Miguna may have been disguised under other reasons, including threat to security, but ideally they were all persuaded by political considerations. POLITICSFormer political detainee Koigi wa Wamwere opines that successive regimes in Kenya have separately used the deportation card to deal with dissenting voices. The latter ploy, according to Wamwere, was meant to keep “the bad eggs away from poisoning the masses”. Besides revocation of Miguna’s citizenship, the Director of Immigration, Gordon Kihalangwa has issued threats of withdrawal of passports of 16 opposition MPs.

Source: Daily Nation February 10, 2018 18:33 UTC