The three-day dialogue with Parliamentarians on Nationality ended in Vumba with them coming up with resolutions aimed at finding a lasting solution to the issue of statelessness by 2024. The sad and touching story of two individuals from Nyanga and […]
More than 3 000 Cyclone Idai Survivors, who lost their identity documents during the Idai disaster, have been issued with new documents after the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) offered support to the Registrar Generals’ office. The identity […]
On November 12, 1972, former president Idi Amin Dada had a dream. And he moved on to effect the dream, 47 years ago. While on a visit to Tororo, President Idi Amin announced the expulsion of Asians of British citizenship […]
SCORES of prisoners without birth certificates and national identity cards are languishing in jail as they are ineligible for the Presidential amnesty due to their “Statelessness”. BY JAMES MUONWA A Stateless person is an undocumented individual without proof of nationality […]
Act No. 12 of 2011, as amended by Act No. 12 of 2012, Act No. 19 of 2014, Act No. 25 of 2015, Act No. 11 of 2017, and Act No.24 of 2019. Download updated integrated text from KenyaLaw: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/act/2011/12/eng@2022-12-31 […]
By Patrick Beja Their forefathers were freed by the British Royal Navy more than a century ago but they do not feel truly free yet. They are scattered into various coastal tribes and most of their land was arbitrarily alienated […]
Parliament has been challenged to enact laws that resolve the issue of people who are not considered to be nationals of the country, officially known as stateless individuals. According to international law, a stateless individual is someone who is ‘not […]
Udora Orizu in Abuja The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has raised concerns over the low coverage of Nigerians in the identity development of the country, saying a unique number and digital identity could help solve the present problems facing […]
by STEPHEN ASTARIKO Thousands of Kenyans who wrongly registered as refugee will be deregistered after the government launched 30-day vetting exercise. Interior CS Fred Matiang’i said the government was aware of the circumstances under which the citizens registered as refugees. […]
By CONSTANT MUNDA Kenya is mulling giving citizenship to wealthy investors in a new push to enhance direct foreign investment (FDI) flows, the country’s investment promotion agency said on Wednesday. High net worth investors, whose enterprises are appraised to have […]
I. Organization and objectives 1. Under the auspices of the African Union and in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Uganda, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court) organized the Fourth African Judicial Dialogue from […]
[2019] eKLR Miscellaneous Civil Application 406 of 2018 JUDGMENT 1. By a Notice of Motion dated 22/7/19 upon leave granted on 17/7/19, the ex parte applicant seeks mandamus to compel her registration as a Kenyan Citizen as follows: 1. THAT […]