Common contributing factors include; Migration, lack of birth registration, inability to prove parents’ nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender, race or political opinion when granting or denying nationality. IMPLICATIONS OF STATELESSNESS. For stateless persons, lack of recognized documentation can mean among others; Limited access to social and economic rights including work, education, housing and healthcare, exposure to protection risks which may lead to detention or expulsion, exclusion from political, civic processes such as voting since it is only available for enjoyment by citizens29 Persons with undetermined nationality often face similar consequences that is, risk of statelessness. It is estimated that approximately 10 million people around the world are stateless, hence Stateless persons are persons of concern. 30 RECOMMENDATION. The first step to solution of a problem is acknowledging its existence. Therefore, Kenyan law should define ‘statelessness’ and specify the rights of stateless persons as well as those at risk of statelessness. The legal and administrative framework is not adequate to deal with the issue of statelessness, so, Kenya should accede to and domesticate the Stateless Persons Convention and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness to protect stateless persons and to prevent as well as reduce the occurrence of statelessness31. There is need to push for Law and Policy reform, and ensure realistic 29 Article 38 of the constitution of Kenya expressly states that only citizens can take part in voting. 30 See Equal Rights Trust, The Protection of Stateless Persons in Detention under International Law (Jan. 2009) 36-7 (Working Paper). 31 See United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 50/152 of 21 Dec 1995 Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3079430