Wajackoyah sets record straight on UK Citizenship allegations

This comes after Peter Gichira, a former presidential candidate, wrote to the British High Commission to inquire about Wajackoyah's British citizenship.

Gichiria cited Wajackoyah's recent admission that he tried to run for a parliamentary seat in the UK, where he resided as a refugee, as evidence.

He made no mention of his alleged attempt to run for MP in the Commonwealth nation, though.

In a statement on Monday, Wajackoyah insisted that he only has Kenyan citizenship and did not need one to be able to live in the UK.

"I have never changed my citizenship. They just ought to go to the internet and google. They are wasting their time to go to the British Embassy. Nobody is deporting me because I am a Kenyan, born in Kenya with very high epistemology in terms of academia," said Wajackoyah speaking on NTV.

"I have been outside the country, Living indefinitely in a country doesn't necessarily mean you have to be a citizen. These circus need to read before they write they are wasting their time."  

Stephen Gachie, Gichiria's attorney, stated that they are awaiting a response from the British Commission regarding Wajackoyah's citizenship.

"We want the British High Commission to certify and give us answers to first establish ourselves that indeed he is a citizen of the UK," Gachie noted.

"And we equally copied our letter to the IEBC to put them in the know of what we are doing as well as to the Director General of the immigration services."

According to the IEBC, candidates for president of Kenya must first be Kenyan citizens by birth and not be under any obligation to any foreign governments.

Additionally, they cannot have dual citizenship "unless the other country's citizenship has been acquired by operation of law without the ability to opt out."