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Towards securing children’s rights to birth registration in Zimbabwe

Published: 18/Oct/2021
Source: Southern Africa Litigation Centre

By Thobekile Matimbe Introduction Are the provisions in the Constitution of Zimbabwe, 2013 (the Zimbabwean Constitution) which give effect to prompt provision of birth certificates to children mere cosmetic glamour? Sections 81(1)(b) and (c) of Zimbabwe’s Constitution provide for children’s […]

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

Published: 15/Oct/2021
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

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: […]

Kenya: Huduma Namba illegal, High Court declares

Published: 14/Oct/2021
Source: The Daily Nation (Nairobi)

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 […]

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

Published: 14/Oct/2021
Source: African Star (Monrovia)

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

Published: 14/Oct/2021
Source: High Court of Kenya (Nairobi)

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

Published: 14/Oct/2021
Source: The Standard (Nairobi)

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

Published: 13/Oct/2021
Source: The Namibian (Windhoek)

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

Published: 10/Oct/2021
Source: Mwakilishi.com

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 […]