Elders and leaders of the Maragoli, a tribe which originated from Kenya and settled in parts of Bunyoro and Busoga are in Kampala to petition parliament seeking recognition as an indigenous Ugandan tribe. Tribes which were in the country by […]
On Thursday 24th July 2014, the House directed the Minister of Internal Affairs to brief Parliament on the on-going mass registration of citizens’ exercise under the National Security Information System (NSIS) Project. I am pleased to present the brief. [Section […]
Petition for Maragoli Community to be listed in 3rd schedule to the constitution (originally dated 29 July 2014, response 14 May 2015). Maragoli petition to Uganda parliament
CEDAW/C/SWZ/CO/1-2 Observations finales concernant les premier et deuxième rapports combinés du Swaziland Nationalité 28.Conscient des efforts déployés par l’État partie pour faire face aux problèmes liés à sa législation en matière de nationalité, le Comité se préoccupe du fait que […]
CEDAW/C/CAF/CO/1-5 Nationalité 33. Le Comité est préoccupé par le non-enregistrement des naissances dans l’ensemble de l’État partie en raison du conflit. Il est également préoccupé par la situation des femmes refugiées et leurs enfants dans les pays voisins. Il s’inquiète […]
CEDAW/C/MRT/CO/2-3 Extrait: Nationalité 32.Le Comité est préoccupé par les dispositions du Code de la nationalité qui refusent aux femmes mauritaniennes le droit, sur un pied d’égalité avec les hommes, de transmettre leur nationalité à leurs enfants si le père est […]
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter There is a scramble for Zimbabwean citizenship by different nationalities the world over in the wake of the adoption of the new Constitution which allows dual citizenship, Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede said yesterday. Mr Mudede said […]
Non-Ugandans are turning up to register in the ongoing National Identity Card enrollment exercise in Bunyoro sub-region, security officials have said. By Francis Mugerwa, Hoima/Buliisa. Non-Ugandans are turning up to register in the ongoing National Identity Card enrollment exercise in […]
At least 750,000 people are stateless in West Africa, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), which is calling for governments to do more to give or restore the nationality of stateless individuals, and improve national laws to prevent statelessness. […]
With the exception of Tanzania, all the countries in Africa’s Great Lakes region have generated refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in large numbers over the past decades. And despite huge efforts to resolve conflict and displacement, by any standard […]
After a six-year legal battle, a girl born in South Africa to Cuban parents has a country she can call home. Yesterday, the girl’s mother said she was able to sleep again after the Pretoria High Court last week ruled […]
The North Gauteng High Court set a precedent last week when it ordered the government to change its citizenship act to facilitate the granting of citizenship to children born in the country to foreign parents – and, therefore, prevent statelessness. […]