Le code de la nationalité malgache comporte plusieurs dispositions non conformes aux principes des droits humains, notamment sur la discrimination du genre. Dans ce code, élaboré au lendemain de l’Indépendance, une femme malgache mariée à un étranger ne peut transmettre […]
The Legal Resources Centre has launched an application in the Grahamstown High Court on behalf of two parents whose application to register their child’s birth has been rejected by the Department of Home Affairs’ because the child’s mother does not […]
By ELKANA JACOB and ALLOYS MUSYOKA The government has registered about 2,950 members of the Makonde community who will be issued with IDs by December. The number registered on Tuesday includes 1,524 adults and 1,426 children. Daniel Fundi, 110, thanked […]
Beaucoup de parents n’ont pas encore le réflexe de déclarer leurs enfants à l’état civil dès la naissance dans les communes de Mbellacadiao et de Ndiob. Selon le secrétaire général de l’Organisation Education et Développement de l’Enfant (Eden), Ibrahima Khalil […]
By Yash Pal Ghai The number of stateless persons in Kenya is sometimes estimated at about 100,000 people. This is undoubtedly a gross underestimate. Whole communities are declared stateless—one authority estimated that the Nubians alone amount to over 100,000. The […]
by Shinovene Immanuel HOME affairs minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has withdrawn the proposed changes to the Citizenship Act after it was rejected by the National Council and the Presidency. Iivula-Ithana said the withdrawal of the Citizenship Bill was because she is […]
«La gestion de l’Etat civil, des ressources humaines, du contrôle sanitaire et scolaire », « La gestion statistique, économique, des objectifs de développement, des finances et de la fiscalité », « la gestion du territoire, des identités, des flux migratoires […]
By George M Mucee In the wake of the Makonde people of Kwale County marching to State House Nairobi to agitate for their recognition as citizens of Kenya and the subsequent directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta that their citizenship be […]
Abidjan – Le texte du projet de nouvelle constitution voulue par le président Alassane Ouattara et qui doit être présenté mercredi devant l’Assemblée, a été mis en ligne dimanche par un parti d’opposition, son contenu ne présentant pas de surprise […]
The Makonde people endured great difficulties in their trek from Kwale to Nairobi where they hoped to meet President Uhuru Kenyatta over delays in granting them Kenyan citizenship. While the trekkers included the youth, a large number of them were […]
By George Kegoro This is a general reflection on the historic development that had led to the Makonde community, at last, receiving Kenyan nationality. A “trek” is a long, often difficult, journey, and the idea that the Makonde should hold […]
Just wondering why Liberians are not allowed Dual Citizenship especially those who currently live abroad in America. If my memory served me, our founding fathers were all American.Today, once you travel out of Liberia, and told any foreign friend, you […]