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Government to speed up dual citizenship applications for Kenyans abroad

Immigration and Citizen Services PS Julius Bitok addressing the media in Nairobi. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

The government has pledged to expedite dual citizenship applications for Kenyans in the diaspora, who were required to renounce their citizenship before the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution.

Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok said the new policy aims to encourage Kenyans who moved abroad and acquired other nationalities to invest more in their home country.

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