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Win for 40,000 Kenyans registered as refugees

Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, Garissa County. [File, Standard]

The High Court has ordered the government to deregister at least 40,000 Kenyans from the refugee list and issue them national identification cards within 60 days.

Justice John Onyiego, in his judgment on Tuesday, said that the government violated the Constitution by remaining silent while citizens languished for lack of nationality despite being citizens by birth.

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