Supported by human rights activists the Makonde community staged a walk dubbed “Trekking against Statelessness” on 10th October 2016 from Kwale to State House, to seek audience with the president with regard to their statelessness.5 The President gave them audience and promised that all eligible Makonde people to be issued with national identity cards by December 2016. DEFINITION OF TERMS. Nationality – the relationship between a person and a state based on the place of birth. It can be inherited from parents and it is a condition that cannot be changed throughout the life of an individual. Citizenship refers to the legal condition which binds a person’s belonging to the social group making up a state’s population. A person can have multiple citizenships which can be obtained through a request and a person can be a citizen of various states. In other words, citizenship refers to the legal bond between a person and a state. A citizen is a person who owes allegiance to a state and enjoys legal rights and privileges granted by the state.6 NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ADDRESSING STATELESSNESS IN KENYA. The Constitution of Kenya addressed the problem of statelessness, decreeing that all stateless persons found in Kenya must be given Kenyan nationality in accordance with a law that Parliament was required to enact7. 5See http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/Stateless-Makonde-march-to-State-House/1107872-3412406-13sf6pb/ 6 See http://theydiffer.com/difference-between-nationality-and-citizenship/ 7 The said legislation is the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act 2011 Electroniccopy copyavailable available at: at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3079430 Electronic https://ssrn.com/abstract=3079430