The despots have finally succeeded ejecting MM out. I'm 100% convinced that the 3day ordeal in a seemingly squalid lavatory is likely to produce a blockbuster movie. Happy are those trailblazers that would smile all the way to the bank when the film hits the screens of international theaters.

Would it be wise to order the gok officials to appear b4 jury or even sentence them on a matter of such nature? Not really. It would be much wiser to order the parties to settle matter out of court and only intervene if this fails. Even just out of respect to the separation of powers principle. That way you keep your dignity, power
and earn respect when things backfire. Quickly moving forward, the petitioner will find it very hard to get a ticket back to +254. No airline will want such embarrassing scenes as happened at jkia

As for Miguna, the guy has boxed himself into a corner.

Going forward flying isn't going to be as easily accessible.
Canada (though eventually are likey to indulge him), might want to know what happened to his unexpired passport before they issue him another one.

error

Of course.
But two wrongs don't amount to a right.

My view is that on this issue there were just too many wrongs.

I agree Court orders must be complied with.

If you dont agree with the orders (and on this I must say the latest orders bordered on the ridiculous) you seek to have them somewhat vacated.
To that extent the 'mandarins' erred.

But the judiciary out to exercise utmost restraint.

What prevented Odunga from giving the mandarins the benefit of the doubt and allow more time.

You cannot have a matter brought to you today, then in the next 24hours you are jailing the head of the Police, the head of Immigration, the head of DCI, etc etc

How does a court issue orders to be enforced in international jurisdictions? Matiang'i & Co can only make an arrest within our borders.

In this case I think Miguna should back down and find another strategy of political survival. He is even endangering his life for an unworthy cause.

#Someone save Miguna

You cannot build a nation on dishonesty! What is the point of saying we have 'law and order' if we neither follow the 'law' or 'orders'? until they are convenient to us and in 'the greater good' according to our understanding and convenient interpretation of this expression. We need to submit ourselves to the law and submit ourselves to recognition of individual rights. People fail to understand that individual rights SHOULD NEVER BE TRAMPLED ON for the 'greater good'. Mambo ya kuwa Yesu hatutaki! Even Yesu had to agree.

If you put the emotions out of this, and review it calmly and with objectivity you will see the point I am trying to put across.

Consider the following with me;

Nothing is absolute.

Court Orders should be obeyed. However in the event there are issues underlying or otherwise, an alternative route of judicial process should used to vacate them. This has to be done expeditiously.
Judges are human beings prone to mistakes honest or otherwise, biases et al.

For purposes of making this clear, you might want to agree with me that we can have a 'nutty' case in judicial robes.

Are you saying that if such a judge in a span of 36 hours pronounces that Uhuru is jailed then the police should swing into action and take him to Kamiti!

The bottom line is, Odunga overreached himself.

All level headed judges must be ashamed of that action, rash as it is.

Don't look at things in isolation of the rest of our system as a human society.

Again nothing is absolute.

Judiciary all over the world are very reluctant to unduly interfere in the work of the executive.

The executive is by default the custodian of a nations secrets and intelligence which the judiciary may not always have.

In the absence of full disclosure the judiciary should exercise restraint and patience to eventually ascertain if there is any substance or the Executive mandarins are just bluffing.

No sky was going to fall if Odunga had waited for say a week, then escalate the issue to CJ for a bench to be constituted.

We should not loose track of the real substantive matter unfolding before us - wholesome.

This is a case of Miguna Miguna (who has an unflatering history) whose actions that brought us to where we are are known to all.

If it were a pastor from Kakamega, or a Businessman from Homa bay, a Doctor from Kisii, behaving all calmly, cooperative and reasonable, then they deport him on mere technicalities and or formalities, I would be the first one to cry 'despots'.

Miguna had to be sedated in order to be deported!
That's damning on his part.

Unruly individual.