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Children born of Kenyans with refugees win citizenship case

Some of the refugee children learn at the Reception Centre in Kalobeyei in Turkana County on June 20, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to change the citizenship law to recognise children born out of relationships between Kenyan citizens and refugees in the country as Kenyans.

In his judgment on Thursday, Justice John Onyiego said that the minors cannot be stateless as they were born and raised on Kenyan soil.

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