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STORY: UNHCR / KENYA STATELESS STUDENT
TRT: 06:26
SOURCE: UNHCR
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / SWAHILI / NATS
DATELINE: 04, 05 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA / FILE
FILE - 25 OCTOBER 2017, NAIROBI, KENYA
1. Still photograph, three generations of Sisters at the Gospel of God Church in Nairobi, Kenya, sit behind a framed photograph of the original members of their church posing with Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president.
2. Still photograph, Shona men praying
05 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
3. Wide shot, women singing at the home of Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person
FILE - 25 OCTOBER 2017, NAIROBI, KENYA
4. Still photograph, Ronica Tinaro, a Sister at the Gospel of God Church in Nairobi, holds an Alien Card issued in 1976
5. Med shot, Shona girls
05 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
6. Wide shot, Nosizi, her sisters, Miriam Dube, Janet Dube, Tema Dube, Brenda and their mother, Angelin Ruramayi Mutenda, standing outside their house
04 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“My name is Nosizi Reuben Dube. I'm 20 years old. I have six sisters and two brothers, and I come from the stateless Shona community in Kenya.”
05 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
8. Med shot, Nosizi and her sisters walking
04 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“I have six sisters and two brothers.”
05 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
10. Med shot, Nosizi walking with her sisters
04 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“It's like you are a ghost in the country that you are in.”
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“It has been a great and challenging journey for me to reach where I am at the university level.”
12. Zoom out, Nozisi’s hands to WS as she studies her notes
13. Tilt up, Nosizi sitting, studying
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“With the COVID-19 conditions, we have to stay at home and study online.”
15. Wide shot, Nosizi standing at a bus stop
16. Med shot, Nosizi walking inside bus to take her seat
17. Med shot, Nosizi seated in bus
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“We don't have the Wi-Fi at home. So, waking up daily each and every day, early in the morning to go to Kenya Human Rights Commission to access the Wi-Fi there, it's a challenge because at times the fare might not be there, so for that day you don't attend any class. I just have to stay, like there was a time I stayed a week without attending my class, so you find when you get back to class, other people are ahead of you, yeah.”
19. Med shot, Nosizi riding on the back of a bodaboda (motorcycle)
20. Med shot, Nosizi sanitizing her hands and walking through gate
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“The moment I get to class, and I get access to the internet, I usually have time to cover up what others have learnt.”
22. Close up, Nosizi taking out her laptop
23. Pan right, across desk
24. Tilt up, Nosizi as she attends online class
25. close up, Nosizi’s face as she listens to online lecture
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“The living standards of the stateless people are very low.”
05 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
27.Various shots, Nosizi and her sisters weaving with her mum and aunts
04 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“The Shona community, they depend on basketry.”
05 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
29.Various shots, Nosizi and her sisters weaving with her mum and aunts
04 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“My mom also depends may be someone tells her I need one or two baskets, that's when she finds time to weave and she finds the money yeah.”
05 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
31. Med shot, Nosizi sitting with her mum and sisters as they weave baskets
04 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
31. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“She really inspires me so much because as a person, the kinds of challenges that she has gone raising us with the stateless status and the low living standards, the poverty status, she's really a person who if she wants to do something, nothing can stop her.”
05 NOVEMBER 2020, NAIROBI, KENYA
32. Wide shot, more of Nosizi and her family weaving baskets
33. Med shot Angelin talking to Nosizi
34. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Angelin Ruramayi Mutenda, Nosizi’s Mother:
“I wanted to go to school. I wouldn’t blame my parents. It’s because we were poor.”
35. Wide shot, Nosizi sitting with her mother as her sisters pass by
36. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Angelin Ruramayi Mutenda, Nosizi’s Mother:
“A girl child has great value.”
37. Med shot, Nosizi tutoring her sisters
38. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Angelin Ruramayi Mutenda, Nosizi’s Mother:
“Even if in our culture, girls aren’t always taken to school.”
39. Med shot, Nosizi helping her sisters with their homework
40. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Angelin Ruramayi Mutenda, Nosizi’s Mother:
“I resolved that Nosizi must get an education.”
41. Various shots, Nosizi tutoring her sisters
42. Close up, Miriam being tutored by Nosizi
43. Med shot, Brenda and Tema laughing
44. Wide shot, Brenda, Tema, Miriam and Janet sitting together
45. Tracking shot, Nosizi standing with her sisters
46. SOUNDBITE (English) Tema Dube, Stateless Person:
“We are very proud of her. We want to be just like her. None of us want to be left behind.”
47. SOUNDBITE (English) Brenda Dube, Stateless Person:
“We want to chart a new path and show that a girl can achieve her dreams and be anything she sets out to be if she studies hard.”
48. Zoom out, Nosizi tutoring her sisters
49. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“I wanted to break the norm.”
50. Tilt down, Nosizi laughing with Miriam
51. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“I have shown other young girls that it is possible.”
52. Various shots, Angelin sitting with Janet weaving baskets
53. Med shot, Nosizi walking with her sisters
54. SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“You have to be bold and courageous so that you can achieve what you want in life yeah.”
55. Zoom out, Nosizi standing with her family holding her birth certificate
Nosizi Reuben Dube is a stateless Shona student who against all odds qualified and was admitted to the University of Nairobi to study Economics. The University made an exception of the requirement for an ID to register.
Nosizi is currently taking online classes as universities remain closed due to COVID-19.
An estimated 18,500 stateless persons live in Kenya. The Shona community, comprising of about 3,500 individuals are the second largest group of stateless persons in Kenya. Many stateless children miss out on education due to a lack of school fees and identification documents. Most Shona girls drop out of school after primary school and only a few proceed to high school. No girls have made it to university until Nosizi.
The Shona community have lived in Kenya for three generations. They came as missionaries from Zimbabwe in the 1960s. They are stateless and have no nationality. They struggle to access basic services.
SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“My name is Nosizi Reuben Dube. I'm 20 years old. I have six sisters and two brothers, and I come from the stateless Shona community in Kenya. Personally, we faced a lot of oppression and discrimination. It's like you are a ghost in the country that you are in. You don't exist. It has been a great and challenging journey for me to reach where I am at the university level.”
With help from UNHCR and partners, the university made an exception and she was able to register without an identity card.
SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“With the COVID-19 conditions, we have to stay at home and study online. We don't have the Wi-Fi at home. So, waking up daily each and every day, early in the morning to go to access the Wi-Fi, it's a challenge because at times the fare might not be there, so for that day you don't attend any class. So, you find when you get back to class, other people are ahead of you. The moment I get to class, I usually have time to cover up what others have learnt.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
“The living standards of the stateless people are very low. The Shona community, they depend on basketry. My mom also depends may be someone tells her I need one or two baskets, that's when she finds time to weave and she finds the money. She really inspires me so much because as a person, if she wants to do something, nothing can stop her.”
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Angelin Ruramayi Mutenda, Nosizi’s Mother:
“I wanted to go to school but we were poor. A girl child has great value. Even if in our culture, girls aren’t always taken to school, I resolved that Nosizi must get an education.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Tema Dube, Stateless Person:
“We are very proud of her. We want to be just like her. None of us want to be left behind.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Brenda Dube, Stateless Person:
“We want to chart a new path and show that a girl can achieve her dreams and be anything she sets out to be if she studies hard.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Nosizi Reuben Dube, Stateless Person:
I wanted to break the norm. I have shown other young girls that it is possible. You have to be bold and courageous so that you can achieve what you want in life yeah.
In 2019, the Kenyan government issued Shona children with birth certificates, a vital step towards ending statelessness.
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