Acquisition of nationality through naturalization during which the Shona presented their history in a report entitled “African Missionaries in Identity Limbo - The Shona of Kenya” 117. The pilgrimage resulted in cooperation between the taskforce, UNHCR, KHRC and the County Government of Kiambu. These stakeholders jointly supported different aspects of the registration process which saw 1,670 Shona registered as citizens of Kenya in December 2020, putting an end to their statelessness situation. However, the Shona are yet to receive their certificates of registration and other identity documents including birth certificates for adult Shona who were born in Kenya. Following up on its pledge made at the 2019 HLS to identify other stateless groups in the country and to resolve their lack of citizenship, the Government of Kenya announced its recognition as Kenyan citizens of persons of Rwanda descent whose ancestors came to Kenya in the 1930s as laborers to work in the colonial tea and sisal plantations. In December 2020, the Government of Kenya also pronounced its intention to register as citizens persons of the Asian descent who qualify under the law as well as other communities who remain stateless in the country.118 117 African Missionaries in Identity Limbo,-The Shona of Kenya, Kenya Human Rights Commission, available at: file.html (khrc.or.ke) 118 High-Level Segment on Statelessness: Results and Highlights, May 2020, page 18, available at: https://www.refworld.org/ docid/5ec3e91b4.html U N H C R > G P P A C T I O N 1 : R E S O LV I N G E X I S T I N G M A J O R S I T U AT I O N S O F S TAT E L E S S N E S S 75