By Sam Kiplagat A High Court ruled on Thursday that Mwende Mwinzi, the ambassadorial nominee to Seoul, South Korea, cannot be forced to renounce her US citizenship as it was acquired by birth. In June, the House approved the report […]
CHAPTER IV: CITIZENSHIP Citizens on the commencement of the Constitution Every person who, immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution, is a citizen of The Gambia, shall, subject to this Constitution, continue to be a citizen of The […]
DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — A senior government minister told Tanzanian parliament on Wednesday that phone users who fail to have biometrically registered their SIM cards by the Dec. 31 deadline will not be locked out. “Phone users […]
By Alvar Mwakyusa in Dodoma PLANS are underway to electronically register and issue birth certificates to over 15 million Tanzanians by the year 2025 through the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA), the National Assembly was told yesterday. Tanzania’s Minister […]
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 […]