End of statelessness in sight for Shona as Kenya issues birth certificates

A Shona woman is presented with a birth certificate at Kinoo near Nairobi, Kenya, August 1, 2019. PHOTO | THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION

Happiness Kapota will remember forever the day when her children lined up in Nairobi to receive their birth certificates.

Joyce, Caleb and Sidet Moyo were among the first children from Kenya’s stateless Shona group to receive the government-issued certificates, which will give them opportunities and rights long denied to the Shona.