By MISAIRI THEMBO KAHUNGU Indians living in Uganda cannot be made an indigenous tribe because their origin cannot be traced as is the case with other communities and ethnicities in the country, the State Minister for Gender, Ms Peace Mutuuzo, […]
Le syndicat autonome des greffiers, secrétaires des greffes et parquets (SYNAG) a, par un communiqué en date du 13 novembre 2019, démenti la gratuité de certains documents dont le certificat de nationalité tel qu’annoncé par le Magistrat Cheick Mohamed Cherif […]
Grâce au Programme d’Appui à la Modernisation de l’Etat Civil (PAMEC) qui s’étale jusqu’en 2021 l’objectif visé est la mise en œuvre un système d’archivage inclusif et fiable d’état civil et des statistiques démographiques. Depuis plusieurs années et jusqu’à date, […]
By Christine Hobden ABSTRACT The 1995 South African Citizenship Act in conjunction with s3 of the South African Constitution enshrined a free and equal Citizenship for all South Africans. The initial legislation inclined toward the inclusive, allowing dual citizenship and […]
By Kenneth Matimaire Senate deputy president, Retired Lieutenant General Mike Nyambuya said farm workers of foreign descent working within the country are vulnerable to the global challenge of statelessness. Senator Nyambuya made the remarks in his keynote address during the […]
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 […]