Kenyan man demands P18 million for unlawful detention

Friday, July 07, 2017

He is homeless, a beggar, but rewind to 2015, Paul Mutua was a wealthy businessman. It was until Immigration officials arrested him at the Plumtree border gate in December that the world came crashing on him.

According to Mutua, who is now demanding P18 million for unlawful detention, he was detained and never tried until he approached the High Court and was only released earlier this year in April.

It was after Mutua petitioned the officer commanding State Prison (Francistown Centre for Illegal Immigrants), the director of Immigration and the Attorney General (AG).

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