By GEMMA RITCHIE Judgment is reserved in a groundbreaking case heard in the High Court in Makhanda (Grahamstown) on 18 September that highlighted the disastrous plight of children who don’t have official documentation. The application was brought by the Centre […]
by ANNETTE WAMBULWA A cybersecurity specialist from India has claimed that the Sh6 billion Huduma Namba system acquired by Kenya is archaic and will fail. Anand Venkatanarayanan who has 21 years’ experience in the field was testifying in the case […]
By Esther Mmolai Tsau — Baherero and Ovanderu who have shown interest in returning to Namibia have been advised to first acquire Namibian citizenship before renouncing their Botswana citizenship. Ms Dimpho Mathumo of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship was […]
What is NIIMS? The National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) is a system intended to create and operate a national population register as a single source of information about Kenyan citizens and foreigners resident in the country. What is the […]
Plus spécifiquement, il s’agira d’améliorer l’environnement favorable à l’offre de service d’enregistrement des naissances au niveau national et au niveau décentralisé. Et, aussi de mobiliser les communautés à l’utilisation efficace des services d’enregistrement des naissances dans les régions ciblées. Aliou Maiga, Chef de […]
D’ici décembre 2019, la République démocratique du Congo va se doter d’un cadre juridique de lutte contre l’apatridie. Voilà ce qu’on peut retenir de l’intervention de Célestin Tunda ya Kasende, Vice-premier Ministre, Ministre de la Justice et Garde des Sceaux, […]
Nandi County managed to clear up to 20,000 birth certificates during the Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) period between July and August. According to the County Commissioner (CC), Olaka Kutswa, this was a great achievement as the country heads to the […]
Le Vice-premier ministre, ministre de la Justice et garde de sceaux Célestin Tunda Ya Kasende a procédé, hier jeudi 19 septembre, au lancement du projet de lutte contre l’apatridie en RDC. S’adressant à plusieurs personnalités dont le représentant régional adjoint […]
By Bongekile Macupe Two children, then aged eight and 14, from Sterkspruit in the Eastern Cape had to leave school in 2015 and sit at home after being chased out of their primary school because they did not have birth […]
Ending statelessness by 2024 is an ambitious goal, but NORCAP expert Sadiq Boateng is closing the gap with efforts to recognise Kenya’s stateless Shona people. In the 1960s, a group of Zimbabwean missionaries from the Shona ethnic group immigrated to […]
Saisie par un recours en inconstitutionnalité contre l’arrêté interministériel portant « interdiction de délivrance des actes de l’autorité aux personnes recherchées par la justice », la Cour constitutionnelle devait étudier la requête le mardi 17 septembre dernier et rendre sa décision. Mais elle […]
« Notre pays est sans nul doute à la croisée des chemins vers la transformation profonde de son existence. Le Président d’hier, Joseph Kabila Kabange, avait déjà lancé les bases d’un Etat démocratique, ce qui correspond aujourd’hui à la volonté du […]