Currently on going: community forum in Kisii
The quest for awareness creation on citizenship and governance continues while respecting government stipulated #COVID19 guidelines
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Challenges faced by community members in Kisii
1- To get ID cards the community has to reach a quorum of 10 applicants. A challenging number to hit due to their small population. It can take up to a year or two to reach the quorum.
2- Marriage certificate issuance is also an issue since the community does not have a Kadhi's court in kisii. They are forced to travel to homabay to get these services
Mr.Shariff an elder sitting on the vetting commitee for passport applicants of the Nubian community in kisii.
He emphasizes on the importance of recognition of Nubians as citizens because youth in the community face challenges such as being linked to terrorist groups.
He says one of the applicants a youth of 18 yrs sometime back was branded as an Alshabab without any evidence. The community elders had to intervine and the DC asked the registrar to issue him with an ID.
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