| Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act | |
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| Kenyan National Assembly | |
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| Citation | Cap. 170 |
| Enacted by | Government of Kenya |
| Assented to | 27 August 2011 |
| Date of expiry | 30 August 2011 |
| Related legislation | |
| Kenya Citizen hip Act (Cap. 170) Immigration Act (Cap. 172) Aliens Restriction Act (Cap. 173) | |
| Status: Current legislation | |
Kenyan nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Kenya, as amended; the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, and its revisions; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory.[1][2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Kenya.[3] The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship. Nationality describes the relationship of an individual to the state under international law, whereas citizenship is the domestic relationship of an individual within the nation.[4][5] In Britain and thus the Commonwealth of Nations, though the terms are often used synonymously outside of law, they are governed by different statutes and regulated by different authorities.[4][6] Kenyan nationality is typically obtained under the principle of jus soli, by being born in Kenya, or jus sanguinis, i.e. by birth in Kenya or abroad to parents with Kenyan nationality.[7] It can be granted to persons with an affiliation to the country, or to a permanent resident who has lived in the country for a given period of time through registration.[3]
- ^ Manby 2016, pp. 32–34, 36, 135.
- ^ Nalule 2020, p. 22.
- ^ a b Manby 2016, pp. 6–7.
- ^ a b Fransman 2011, p. 4.
- ^ Rosas 1994, p. 34.
- ^ Nalule 2020, p. 3.
- ^ Manby 2016, p. 48.