Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has won controversial lawyer Miguna Miguna’s deportation case after the Court of Appeal overturned a contempt verdict against him.
In a ruling delivered on Friday, September 19, 2025, the court overturned the verdict issued against Matiang’i alongside former Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet, and former Immigration Chief Gordon Kihalangwa, and also cancelled the Ksh200,000 fine imposed on the trio.
The three had initially been found guilty of contempt of court by Justice George Odunga in 2018 for failing to adhere to a court order to release Miguna from detention at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and produce him before the court.
According to the Court of Appeal, the High Court had imposed the conviction and fine without the formal institution of a contempt application.
