Outspoken lawyer, Miguna Miguna on Monday morning, October 24, walked out of a Spice FM interview.
He had been invited to the interview at 7 a.m. on Monday, where he was required to sign an indemnity form.
According to Miguna, who shared the rules on social media, he was required to sign a guest indemnity form before appearing on The Situation Room hosted by seasoned journalists Eric Latiff, Charles Muga and Ndu Okoh.
In particular, the lawyer highlighted Clause 5, which he termed as efforts to gag and force him to give them a blanket indemnity one minute before the interview began.
However, the legal mind walked out in protest, calling the form “ridiculous.”
“I’ve appeared on TV and radio for the past 30 years but not once has a media house – including @StandardKenya and @KTNNewsKE asked me to sign a blanket indemnity form. @SpiceFMKE has never asked any of its previous guests to sign the ridiculous form they tried to force on me!” he tweeted shortly after leaving from the radio station.
In response to the development, Standard Group Head of Radio Tom Japanni stated that the management only wanted Miguna Miguna to indemnify the company from any potential legal ramifications of the interview.
“I think it’s very unfortunate he refused to sign. We had spoken earlier on Friday and made it clear that he had to sign the indemnity form. It’s not that we don’t have confidence in his articulation of issues. He accepted and said there was no problem until he came this morning and refused to sign,” Japanni noted.
An indemnity agreement is a contract that protects one party of a transaction from the risks or liabilities created by the other party of the transaction.
Miguna returned to Kenya on Thursday, October 20th, after nearly five years in exile in Canada.
Miguna was on a Kenya Airways flight that landed shortly after 6:00 a.m. local time.
He was later escorted from JKIA by a security team.
On Wednesday, October 19, Miguna shared photos of official invitation letters to attend the Mashujaa Day national celebrations at Uhuru Gardens and later a Garden Party at State House Nairobi.
