GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

What is citizenship? Citizenship is an individual‟s membership or belonging to a country.  Who is a Kenyan citizen? A Kenyan citizen is a person who has a legal right to belong to Kenya.  Kenyan citizenship refers to all people that belong to Kenya as a country.  Types of citizenship in Kenya There are three ways of becoming a Kenyan citizen. These are:  Birth. This refers to anyone born in Kenya, but whose parents are not diplomats representing foreign governments.  Registration. One can apply to become a Kenyan citizen. For instance, one from a foreign country who gets married to a Kenyan citizen is entitled to Kenyan citizenship once he or she applies for registration.  Naturalization. If one who has stayed in Kenya for more than five years applies for Kenyan citizenship, he or she becomes a Kenyan by Naturalization.  Conditions that one must fulfil in order to become a naturalized citizen of Kenya. Citizenship by naturalization is attained after fu...

What is National Integration?  Either:  It is the bringing together of different communities into one nation.  Or:  It is the process of uniting people that live in a country in spite of their diverse culture, religion, race, tribe, occupation and social background.  The importance of National Integration.  It brings lasting peace and prosperity.  It enables Kenyans to solve the many problems they at times find themselves in.  It brings rapid economic and social development. It results in political stability and a feeling of security.  It eliminates intercommunal suspicion and enhances nationalism and patriotism.  It helps create conditions suitable to attract foreign investment.  It provides a national direction, for it sets national goals.  It encourages and enhances communication among the people since it involves an official language of communication.  What is National Unity?  National Unity is bringing together o...

The need for cooperation in Africa stems from the desire of the peoples of Africa to liberate themselves of exploitation and domination of Africa by foreigners, particularly from Western Europe, which dates back to the 15th century when scientific innovation in Europe inspired exploration voyages.  What is Pan Africanism? Pan Africanism is a movement that aims at uniting all peoples of African descent. It stands for the unity and advancement of all Africans and is a manifestation of African protest against universal discrimination of black people by acknowledging their right to self determination and calling for the treatment of Africans with dignity as equals in all parts of the world.  The origin of Pan Africanism.  Pan Africanism started in the Americas in the 19th century as a result of the dispersal of black peoples over much of the Americas and the Caribbean through Trans-Atlantic slave trade.  Africans were despised and ridiculed based on their skin colour as ...