December 21, 2020 4:53 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Tshegofatso Mothapo, Statelessness and Citizenship Review, 2(2), 331–337. This case note discusses Kennedy Gihana v Republic of Rwanda, Application No 017/2015 (‘Kennedy’). The case addressed whether the invalidation of the appellants’ passports was an arbitrary deprivation of nationality, rendering […]
December 21, 2020 4:43 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Grace Mutung’u and Isaac Rutenberg (Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology (CIPIT) at Strathmore University) Statelessness and Citizenship Review, 2(2), 348–354 Introduction State issued digital identity is trending in sub-Saharan Africa, and Kenya has not been left behind. […]
December 18, 2020 10:47 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Kenyan demographers seem blind to the politics of identity and belonging. Yet the codification and recognition of tribe or ethnicity in Kenya has evolved into an exercise that gives – or denies – people political and social visibility. By Dalle […]
December 17, 2020 4:48 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Sudan has revoked the citizenship of the former leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, along with more than 3,500 other foreign-born individuals. Such citizenships were granted to “influential personalities” by the regime of former President Omar Al-Bashir, local media have reported. […]
December 16, 2020 7:30 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Joseph Erunke THE federal government has pledged that it would soon end statelessness in the country, saying it had already initiated plans aimed at permanently ending the development. The government’s pledge to end the development came on the heels […]
December 16, 2020 4:38 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Motasem A Dalloul Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, around 5.6 million Syrians have been forced to leave the country. A further 6.2 million have been displaced internally due to the war conditions and systematic ethnic […]
December 16, 2020 2:24 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
This short documentary by Haki na Sheria Initiative follows the journey of Kenyans denied their right to the National Identity Card as a result of being mistakenly included in the Refugee Database. Their appeal for this important document is a […]
December 15, 2020 9:35 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Following the earlier directive on the suspension of new SIM registration by network operators, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) convened an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the Communications industry on Monday, […]
December 14, 2020 4:09 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
by Kelly Kapianga GLOBALCIT Country Reports; 2020/14 Defining what ‘citizenship’ is is a difficult task. This is because although there tend to be continuities, the markers of citizenship are often geographically bounded and vary from country to country. Often, it […]
December 14, 2020 3:14 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the Government of Kenya’s decision to grant citizenship to 1,670 stateless Shona and 1,300 stateless persons of Rwandan descent who qualify under the law as Kenyan citizens. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the landmark decision […]
December 14, 2020 3:02 pm
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By James Karuhanga Rwanda’s envoy in Kenya has told The New Times that the move by President Uhuru Kenyatta to grant Kenyan citizenship to people of Rwandan origin who moved to Kenya during the colonial era was an important gesture. […]
December 13, 2020 10:31 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By John Wanjohi 1,670 members of the stateless Shona community have finally been granted Kenyan citizenship. They were presented with their citizenship documents by President Kenyatta during the 57th Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo Stadium on Saturday. Members of the […]
