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Kenya: Huduma Namba: AG files notice of appeal against illegality ruling

October 15, 2021 6:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Huduma Namba: AG files notice of appeal against illegality ruling

Attorney General Kihara Kariuki has filed a notice of appeal against the judgement that quashed Huduma Namba cards rollout. The judgment was delivered on Thursday by Justice Jairus Ngaah. The AG said he is dissatisfied with the judgment. Read further: […]


New Kenya High Court Judgment Sets Important Precedent for Digital ID Privacy Protections and Processes

October 15, 2021 1:46 pm Published by Comments Off on New Kenya High Court Judgment Sets Important Precedent for Digital ID Privacy Protections and Processes

NEW YORK—The Open Society Justice Initiative welcomes a recent judgment handed down by the High Court in Kenya declaring the data collection and roll-out of biometric Huduma cards for the country’s digital ID system, the National Integrated Identity Management System […]


Kenya: Huduma Namba illegal, High Court declares

October 14, 2021 6:28 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Huduma Namba illegal, High Court declares

The High Court has declared the Huduma Namba rollout illegal on grounds of conflicting with the Data Protection Act, 2019. The ruling comes after Katiba Institute, a lobby group, sued the Interior Ministry, arguing that no safeguards had been given […]


Natural Born Liberians with Foreign Citizenships Still Regarded as Liberians, Entitled to Liberian Passport

October 14, 2021 6:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Natural Born Liberians with Foreign Citizenships Still Regarded as Liberians, Entitled to Liberian Passport

By Lennart Dodoo MONROVIA – Natural born Liberians who have taken on other citizenships are still entitled to all rights reserved to Liberians and a Liberian passport – hence a green light to dual citizenship. FrontPage Africa has obtained a […]


Liberia: Govt Says “Dual Citizens” Can Now Obtain Passports

October 14, 2021 5:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Govt Says “Dual Citizens” Can Now Obtain Passports

Monrovia, Liberia, Washington, DC – October 14, 2021: Liberians who supposedly lost their citizenship after naturalizing in other countries can now reclaim same. The Ministry of Justice in Liberia issued an advisory to the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs on […]


Kenya: Republic v Joe Mucheru, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Information Communication and Technology & 2 others; ex parte Katiba Institute & Yash Pal Ghai

October 14, 2021 12:43 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Republic v Joe Mucheru, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Information Communication and Technology & 2 others; ex parte Katiba Institute & Yash Pal Ghai

Republic v Joe Mucheru, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Information Communication and Technology & 2 others; Katiba Institute & another (Exparte); Immaculate Kasait, Data Commissioner (Interested party) (Judicial Review Application E1138 of 2020) [2021] KEHC 122 (KLR) (Judicial Review) (14 October […]


Kenya: Courts declare Huduma Namba invalid

October 14, 2021 9:49 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Courts declare Huduma Namba invalid

By Kamau Muthoni The High Court has declared Huduma Namba invalid after ruling that the law wasn’t followed in its roll-out. Justice Jairus Ngaah ruled on Thursday, October 14, that the Government failed to conduct data impact assessment before rolling […]


Judge declares surrogate child a Namibian citizen

October 13, 2021 9:34 am Published by Comments Off on Judge declares surrogate child a Namibian citizen

by Werner Menges Same-sex couple Phillip Lühl and Guillermo Delgado scored a victory in the Windhoek High Court on Wednesday, with judge Thomas Masuku declaring that their first-born child is a Namibian citizen by descent. Masuku also ordered the minister […]


Kenya: MPs Want Nubians Recognized as a Tribe in Kenya

October 10, 2021 1:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: MPs Want Nubians Recognized as a Tribe in Kenya

By John Wanjohi The National Assembly’s Administration and National Security Committee has endorsed a petition seeking to have the Nubian community recognized as a tribe in Kenya. The committee directed Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i to commence the process of […]


Namibia: Emanya Residents Receive Identity Documents

October 8, 2021 3:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Emanya Residents Receive Identity Documents

Emanya — Joy was visible on the faces of the residents of Emanya in the remote area of Nehale Lya Mpingana in the Oshikoto region, who this week received identity documents through an outreach programme to serve rural communities. Members […]


UNHCR recommends the cessation of refugee status for Ivorians

October 7, 2021 4:57 pm Published by Comments Off on UNHCR recommends the cessation of refugee status for Ivorians

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has recommended that States hosting Ivorian refugees end their refugee status and facilitate their voluntary repatriation, reintegration, or acquisition of permanent residency or naturalization for those wishing to remain in host countries. “In light of […]


Démographie : la biométrie introduite à l’état civil au Congo

October 6, 2021 1:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Démographie : la biométrie introduite à l’état civil au Congo

Le document de politique nationale de réforme et de modernisation de l’état civil au Congo, qui introduit la biométrie au cours du recensement, a été validé, le 6 octobre à Brazzaville, à l’issue d’un atelier dirigé par le ministre de […]