ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report was prepared by Dr. Edwin Abuya, who is a consultant and law lecturer at the University of Nairobi. Dr. Abuya has written extensively in the field of refugee law and related issues. The study was commissioned by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). A team constituted by Lawrence Mute (Commissioner), Antonina Okuta (Senior Human Rights Officer) and Christine Njeru (Human Rights Officer),all of the KNCHR, and Igor Ivancic (Senior Protection Officer), Louise Aubin (Assistant Representative Protection) and Salaton Leteipan (Assistant Protection Officer) of the UNHCR, supervised and guided the research study. Primary data was collected for the study by a team of 11 research assistants (see Annex 1). A draft of the report was reviewed at a forum convened on 28 January 2010 and constituted by 15 participants from the state and civil society sectors (see Annex 2). The KNCHR and UNHCR are grateful to all these individuals for their invaluable inputs into this study. Thanks are also due to Jackie Madegwa, Monicah Kareithi and other interns who provided support for this study. This work would not have been complete without the collective efforts of all these individuals. v OUT OF THE SHADOWS TOWARDS ENSURING THE RIGHTS OF STATELESS PERSONS AND PERSONS AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN KENYA