This archive report was first published on 12 July 2020.
July 12, 2020 - Exiled Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna has responded to concerns from Kenyans over a recent photo on social media where he appears to have significantly lost weight.
According to a recent tweet, Miguna was spotted alongside Jackson Igbinosun at the Black Gold Think Tank in Toronto, where he was sporting a salt and pepper beard.
However, some Kenyans on Twitter noticed that Miguna appears to be ageing fast and losing weight, with one tweep observing, 'You are losing weight so fast. You must have been exercising during this lockdown.'
Another tweep chimed in, 'You are getting older each day general before you liberate us.'
Never one to shy away from a confrontation, Miguna responded to these tweets by saying that he is very much okay.
'Losing weight is healthy,' he tweeted. 'Obesity which you consider signs of prosperity are symptoms of impending death from hypertension, diabetes, and other diseases. Any man above 40 has grey hair. Your looters paint their grey hair and beards due to lack of self-esteem.'
Miguna was deported from Kenya in 2018 after his involvement in Raila Odinga's mock swearing-in as the 'people's president.'
He has twice unsuccessfully attempted to return home and currently resides in Canada.
