'Thank you Kenyans for standing with me,' Miguna says after JKIA touchdown

Miguna Miguna, a Kenyan lawyer exiled to Canada in 2018, has returned to the country, arriving at the JKIA around 6 a.m. Thursday aboard a Kenya Airways flight.

Miguna was greeted by a large crowd of supporters and expressed his joy at returning home after nearly five years away.

“I am very very very grateful for the warm welcome that you have given me, and I am extremely happy to be back home. I extend my gratitude to all Kneyans who have stood with me, with the Bill of Rights in the constitution, with the cause of justice, the dictates of democracy and the dictates of the rule of law," Miguna said

“I would like to extend my gratitude to the Judiciary that stood firm with the rule of law. I must extend my gratitude to Kenyans who voted overwhelmingly for the Kenya Kwanza government because that is central for me. Without this administration I would not be back home," 

“I am thanking the president, his deputy and their administration and everybody else who has worked tirelessly to make sure that my rights and the rights of every other Kenyan are protected. What has happened to me should never happen to anyone else 

“A Kenyan born citizen cannot be removed forcefully from the country and banished in a foreign land," 

"I am extremely happy to be back home" - Lawyer Miguna Miguna states after landing at the JKIA Airport this morning pic.twitter.com/mY1IpZPinf— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) October 20, 2022

After speaking to the media at the JKIA, he was escorted out by security in his first drive into Nairobi since February 6, 2018.

Meanwhile, Miguna revealed in several Tweets on Wednesday, that he is among guests expected at the Uhuru Gardens Mashujaa Day Celebrations.

Citizen.Digital understands Miguna was hosted for breakfast at the Weston Hostel before he makes his way to Uhuru Gardens for the Mashujaa Day celebrations