58 Case Law on Identification Documents. • 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. • The court could not compel immigration authorities to register a person as a citizen where that person is already legally designated as a refugee. • Courts could not order for aggrieved parties to be registered as citizens without reviewing the decision that deregistered the aggrieved parties. • 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. • 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. CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY RIGHTS CASE DIGEST