By SHABAN OMAR MPs and rights organisations are pushing for the recognition of the stateless Pemba community. The National Assembly has adopted a report by the National Security and Administration Committee to grant Pembas citizenship. The lawmakers led by Kilifi […]
Debate on the Report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. View debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FksWzHoQhLY&t=8121s
Download (13MB): Report on Public Petition 41 of 2020 Recognition of the Pemba People as Citizens of Kenya Also at Kenya Parliament website.
by SHABAN OMAR Sada Makame, a member of the Pemba community in Kwale county, has spent her whole life feeling devastated and uncomfortable on the only land she calls home. Her voice breaks as she recounts her story, while tears […]
by SHABAN OMAR The burden of being non-citizens keeps on crushing the stateless communities in Kwale as they clamour for citizenship. In Kwale, most stateless people are found in Vanga, Shimoni, Gazi, Mangwei, among other areas of Msambweni and Lunga […]
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the Government of Kenya’s decision to grant citizenship to 1,670 stateless Shona and 1,300 stateless persons of Rwandan descent who qualify under the law as Kenyan citizens. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the landmark decision […]
By Patrick Beja More than 2,000 stateless members of the Pemba community living in Kilifi County want to be registered as Kenyans. The Pemba, who are traditionally fishermen from Pemba island of Zanzibar in Tanzania, claim they came to Kenya […]
By TOM MWIRARIA The 14th century was a golden age in the East African coast. It was also the age of discovery. The coast was one belt. It stretched from Zanzibar, Pemba, and Mombasa to Malindi. During that period, the […]
By Radha Govil KILIFI, Kenya – Tourists who visit Kenya’s coastal areas of Kwale and Kilifi often go home with intricate ebony carvings. Many of the talented artists who carve and sell these souvenirs are Makonde, an ethnic group who, until […]
There are more than 4000 stateless Pemba. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Kenya works a local NGO called the Haki Centre to try and address their problems. Watch