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Kenyan or Somali? High Court rejects doctor's plea for ID papers

The judge observed that in 2018, Aisha traveled using a Somali passport, and shortly after, in 2019, she obtained a Kenyan identity and passport. [iStockphoto]

A medical doctor of Somali origin has lost a bid to compel the national government to surrender her identification documents after the High Court found that her birth record listed her foster parent as her biological mother.

Aisha Hassan Moalim has a Kenyan passport and an identification card.

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