{"id":31830,"date":"2021-05-10T14:05:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/?p=31830"},"modified":"2021-05-10T14:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:05:54","slug":"uganda-parliament-rejects-proposal-to-grant-refugees-children-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/en\/uganda-parliament-rejects-proposal-to-grant-refugees-children-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Parliament Rejects Proposal to Grant Refugees\u2019 Children Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pf-content\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content tie-standard\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\">\n<p class=\"pf-delete\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">Parliament has rejected a proposal by its Human Rights Committee seeking to grant refugees children born in Uganda citizenship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">This followed a recommendation voiced by Agnes Taaka Wejuli, the Committee\u2019s chairperson while tabling a committee report on Monday May 10, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">\u201cThe committee recommends that the children of refugees born in Uganda should be granted citizenship and should be registered at birth as Ugandans,\u201d Taaka noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">The suggestion attracted a heated discussion both from a section of opposition and ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) legislators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">Commenting on the matter, Mukono South Member of Parliament (MP) Johnson Muyanja Ssenyonga (NRM) said the unregulated integration of refugees is dangerous and might alienate native Ugandans in the long run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">\u201cThis country is well known for accommodating many refugees, as we speak now, there are hundreds and hundreds of Sudanese, Congolese, people from Burundi and Rwanda. The moment we grant that, it will be another outlet to allow these refugees purchase land,\u201d Ssenyonga pointed.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\">Read further: <a href=\"https:\/\/chimpreports.com\/parliament-rejects-proposal-to-grant-refugees-children-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/chimpreports.com\/parliament-rejects-proposal-to-grant-refugees-children-citizenship\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\">\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parliament has rejected a proposal by its Human Rights Committee seeking to grant refugees children born in Uganda citizenship. 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