By CHARLES OMONDI in Nairobi and PSCU<\/p>\n
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday directed that all eligible Makonde people should be issued with national Identity Cards by December.<\/p>\n
The President further ordered responsible government departments to ensure the eligible members of the community were issued with land title deeds.<\/p>\n
The Makonde live in Kwale County at the coast, but originally came from Mozambique.<\/p>\n
For decades<\/p>\n
They have for decades been denied the Kenyan citizenship.<\/p>\n
The President spoke when he hosted a delegation of 300 members of the community at State House, Nairobi.<\/p>\n
\u201cI seek your apology on behalf of other Kenyans because Kenya has taken too long to consider you as our brothers and sisters,\u201d said the President.<\/p>\n
He assured the delegation that Thursday would be the last day that anyone would say the Makonde were not part of the Kenyan nation.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, President Kenyatta chaired a Cabinet meeting, which among other issues, adopted a directive to start giving citizenship to the Makonde<\/p>\n