40,000 listed as refugees sue State in identity row

Dadaab, Kenya - August 14, 2011: Somalian children refugees fetch water at the new Ifo-extension in Dadaab on August 14, 2011. [File]

For a plate of food, Hamdi Mhamed Muhumed, 22, unwittingly surrendered his nationality.

Faced by the possibility of starving or dying of thirst, his mother chose to walk to the Dadaab Refugee Camp and register him as a refugee. Her mission was simple: to keep him alive.