President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to issue identification cards to the Makonde community in Kwale County.
Kwale County Commissioner Kutswa Olaka confirmed that the Head of State will on Tuesday issue out the ID’s to all eligible Makonde people.
“We are expecting Makonde from Kilifi and Kwale but their number has not yet been confirmed,” said Olaka.
The State registered about 1,524 adults and 1,426 children from the community in October 2016.
“We are very happy and excited that a journey we started a long time ago will reach its end on Tuesday when we will be given our IDs,” said community chairman Thomas Nguli.
"We are like Israelites who walked for years in the desert and faced difficulties but arrived in Canaan. Once we have the IDs there will be no discrimination because we will be Kenyans citizens," he added, as quoted by The Star.
The Makonde community migrated from Mozambique to Kenya in 1940 to work in the country's sisal and sugarcane plantations.