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Case Law on Identification Documents.
20. Requirements for applicants to go to particular places designated by the
Principal Registrar to register for a National ID were against the spirit
of the Constitution.
Mohamed Mire v Attorney General & another ..................................................... 61
21. The court could not compel immigration authorities to register a person
as a citizen where that person is already legally designated as a refugee.
Abdikadir Salat Gedi v Principal Registrar of Persons and Another ....................... 64
22. Courts could not order for aggrieved parties to be registered as citizens
without reviewing the decision that deregistered the aggrieved parties.
Muslims for Human Rights (Muhuri) On behalf of 40 others v Minister for
Immigration & 5 others ....................................................................................... 66
23. The court had no authority to declare anyone a citizen of Kenya nor
could it compel the Principal Registrar of Persons to issue persons with
identity cards.
Muslims for Human Rights (Muhuri) On behalf of 40 others v Minister for
Immigration & 5 others ...................................................................................... 68
24. The court could not intervene and declare that the applicant was entitled
to Kenyan citizenship no matter how compelling an applicant’s case may be.
Egal Mohamed Osman v Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Interior and
Co-ordination of National Government & 2 others [2015] eKLR ......................... 71
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Digital Identities and the Freedom against discrimination.
25. Participation in the collection of personal information and data in National
Integrated Information Management System (NIIMS) was not compulsory
Nubian Rights Forum & 2 others v Attorney General & 6 others
Consolidated Petitions No. 56, 58 & 59 of 2019................................................... 78
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CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY RIGHTS CASE DIGEST