Miguna's book on
Raila to be launched in Kenya
Miguna's book on Raila to be launched in
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Love him or hate him Miguna Miguna remains as controversial as
ever. His much hyped book is finally off the press hot and hard hitting
talking about his secrets and spilling to the public his relations with
Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Miguna Miguna, a former student leader who ran away from Kenya and
went into asylum in Canada where he finished studies in law, returned home in
2007 but even in his first public employment and he lasted only a few years
before parting ways with his boss.
Known for his outspoken approach, Miguna Miguna
stirred the hornets’ nest when while serving as advisor to Raila on
constitutional and legal affairs was suspended in unclear circumstances that
confounded friend and foe.
The book is set to be launched on Saturday July
14 at the Intercontinental hotel at 11am. The guest of honour will be Chief
Justice Dr Willy Mutunga.
A promo of the book sent by the publisher
Gilgamesh Publishing, says : “On August 4th 2011 the Prime Minister of the
Republic of Kenya, Raila Odinga, announced, through the local Kenyan media,
that he had suspended Miguna Miguna indefinitely without pay as his senior
adviser. “
“In his explosive new memoirs, Peeling
Back the Mask, Miguna Miguna explains why he rejected the Prime
Minister's subsequent offer of reinstatement and exposes Mr Odinga's
lack-lustre leadership questioning his progressive credentials and claim that
he is an agent of change,“ the note sent to newsrooms said.
The publisher argues, Peeling
Back the Mask presents
a true insider's account of the intrigues, discussions and power plays that
have occurred in Kenya's corridors of power in recent years. This is a must
read for everyone interested in social justice and good governance in Africa.
Peeling Back the Mask also delves back to tell the remarkable tale of Miguna's early
life, from humble origins, through privations and hardship, his university days
and his years as a practicing lawyer overseas. A heartwarmingly personal African
story.
The man, Miguna Miguna served as a senior
advisor for coalition, constitutional and legal affairs to the Prime Minister
of the Republic of Kenya, Raila Amolo Odinga between March 2008 and August
2011.
He was also a joint secretary to the Permanent
Committee on the Management of Grand Coalition Affairs.
The publishers background his history dating
back to the era of student activism way back in the 1980s and his upbringing.
It recounts how Miguna Miguna in 1987, Miguna
and five other Students' Organization of Nairobi University (SONU) officials
were abducted, at gun point, detained and subjected to physical, mental and
psychological torture.
Following his release without trial, Miguna
Miguna fled to Tanzania, then Swaziland, before he was granted political asylum
in Canada.
Miguna Miguna holds a BA degree from the
University of Toronto and both an LLB and LLM degrees from the Osgoode Hall Law
School of York University in Canada.
He is a member of both the Ontario and Kenyan
Bars and practised law for more than 13 years in Canada until his return to
Kenya in 2007.
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