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Africa: Shona Newest Ethnic Group in Kenya as 1,649 Granted Citizenship
Nation, 30 July 2021
The Shona community is now Kenya's newest tribe. Read more »
Shona Newest Ethnic Group in Kenya
1,649 members of the Shona community, who had been stateless, have been presented with citizenship certificates.
In 2016, 1,496 members of the Makonde community in Kwale County were granted citizenship.
In 2020, 2,970 stateless Shona and Rwandans received recognition as citizens, in line with the Constitution, which obliges the state to confer citizenship on stateless persons.
The Shona community hails from Zimbabwe, most of them having arrived in Kenya as missionaries and their quest for citizenship has lasted for years.
Rwandans whose parents came to Kenya to work as slaves for the British colonial government now also want to be recognised as Kenya's 44th tribe.
Members of the Shona community celebrate after receiving their identification cards and certificate of citizenship on July 28, 2021.
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Kenya: South Africa's Malema Party Lauds Kenya for Recognising Shona People
Capital FM, 14 December 2020
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Party Sunday lauded the Kenyan Government's move to confer citizenship to stateless 1,670 Shona and 1,300 Rwandese people who have… Read more »
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Kenya: End of Statelessness in Sight for Shona As Govt Issues Birth Certificates
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 8 October 2019
Happiness Kapota will remember forever the day when her children lined up in Nairobi to receive their birth certificates. Read more »
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Rwandans whose parents came to Kenya to work as slaves for the British colonial government now want to be recognised as Kenya's 44th tribe. Statistics show that about 12,000 ... Read more »
