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Stateless tribes to be assimilated by May

The Government is in the process of registering and naturalising two tribes that have lived in legal limbo in Kwale for over half a century.

This follows a presidential directive after the Kwale County Assembly petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to give the Pemba and Makonde Kenyan citizenship.

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