The Maragoli – Uganda’s missing tribe

Published: 2/Jul/2014
Source: BBC

In the 1950s a community of Kenyans crossed into neighbouring Uganda, settling in present-day Kiryandongo district. Until recently, the Maragoli community considered themselves Ugandans at all levels. But an ongoing national ID registration process, which requires all Ugandans to acquire this official document, has proved to them that they are perhaps not as Ugandan as they thought, as the BBC’s Patience Atuhaire reports.

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Themes: Discrimination, Ethnic/Racial/Religious, Statelessness
Regions: Uganda
Year: 2014