Amends the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011 (No. 12 of 2011) as follows: S.4(2) Delete the word “undesirable” appearing in paragraph (f) and substitute therefor the word “inadmissible”. S.13(4) Delete the introductory portion and substitute therefor the following: “A […]
Journal officiel, 2012-07-06, n° 33 – Numéro spécial, pp. 6-72 Adoptée par l’Assemblée 29 juin 2012 Télécharger: https://legitogo.gouv.tg/be/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Pages-from-jo_2012-033Special-2.pdf Article 149 : Le divorce n’a aucun effet sur les droits acquis de l’homme ou de la femme en matière de nationalité […]
The text was further amended in 2014. Download file: Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act No12_of_2011 Amended 2012
U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay warned Tuesday that a half million South Sudanese in Sudan risk being left in a stateless limbo because of a nationality battle between the two countries. Link to Al Arabiya article: http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/04/224367.html
The United Nations refugee agency said a total of 23,000 Angolans have been repatriated since last year from neighbouring countries where their refugee status officially ended on Saturday. « Since February 2011, 23,000 Angolans have returned to their country, » the UNHCR’s […]
Submission to the Upper House of the National Assembly that highlights several provisions of the 1999 Constitution that increase the risk of statelessness, and makes recommendations for amendments, including safeguards against statelessness for children of unknown parents and the removal […]
(MBABANE 25 June 2012) The Swaziland government has renewed the contract of the country’s chief justice, who is a Lesotho national, saying there were no local judges suitable for the job, an official said on Monday. Michael Ramodibedi’s appointment comes […]
The Ugandan government says it is in discussions to legalize and grant naturalization to thousands of refugees who fled into the country in the 1960s and 1990s, mainly from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. At an event in […]
LN 64/2012 as amended by LN 145/2014) Establishes procedures for citizenship, including application forms and fee schedule. Download: Kenya-Citizenship-Regulations-2012
More than 100 people have been killed and thousands displaced in ethnically motivated massacres in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since mid-May, according to government officials. Bigembe Turikonkinko, the sector chief of Katoyi in North Kivu’s Masisi territory, has […]
Marriages of convenience have become a common phenomenon in Botswana and if the nation is not careful, there could be serious consequences, Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Edwin Batshu has cautioned. By Bame Piet Speaking to the Monitor on […]
S. Kwaku Asare The Supreme Court recently made several important pronouncements on dual citizenship that has statutory, regulatory, and travel implications. The pronouncements render inaccurate and obsolete information posted on the website of many of our embassies. I discuss the […]