{"id":32660,"date":"2021-07-29T08:15:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T08:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/?p=32660"},"modified":"2021-08-02T08:19:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T08:19:01","slug":"shona-community-in-kenya-to-get-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/en\/shona-community-in-kenya-to-get-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Shona community in Kenya to get citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The ethnic Shona community in Kenya, descendents from people who emigrated in the 1930s, and then <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">in the 1960s as missionaries, will soon finally get certificates of citizenship following the decision at the<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">end of last year by the Kenyan Government to recognize them as Kenyans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The community has been so long in Kenya that they lost their Zimbabwean and Zambian citizenship. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">In December last year, the Shona community was recognised as the 46th tribe in Kenya since now <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">almost all are born in Kenya, many from Kenyan-born parents, and have lost their ties to the land of their <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">forefathers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">According to reports, Kenya\u2019s Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi is expected to grant a Certificate <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">of Citizenship to the Shona community since they have been unable to prove their legal ties to their<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">countries of origin as required by legislation governing the registration of births and citizenship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">In a statement, the Shona community said in the early and mid-1960s, members migrated to Kenya as <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">missionaries and settled in Juja and Ngong and continued with their missionary work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u201cWith time, they migrated to different parts of the country, most of them settling in Kiambaa, Kinoo and <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Githurai where a large number resides,\u201d read the statement.<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u201cThe community members have faced a lot of challenges due to their statelessness which they have <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">inherited from their forefathers, passing it to their children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">[&#8230;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">An estimated 1 300 Shonas have yet to apply for citizenship, but those waiting for their certificates said <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">they are ready to prove their worth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The United Nations\u2019 refugee agency said Kenya was home to about 18 000 stateless people, most of <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">them ethnic minorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read further: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herald.co.zw\/shona-community-in-kenya-to-get-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.herald.co.zw\/shona-community-in-kenya-to-get-citizenship\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ethnic Shona community in Kenya, descendents from people who emigrated in the 1930s, and then in the 1960s as missionaries, will soon finally get certificates of citizenship following the decision at the end of last year by the Kenyan Government to recognize them as Kenyans. 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