THE STANDARD By
Dominic Omondi |
February 7th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
With the Kenyan passport, they can only travel to some 72 countries, most of them in Africa.
Some people will say that there is no price for citizenship.
Citizenship, they explain, is a sacred, or even painful process that is often consummated when blood, sweat, and the earth mix.
But the militant capitalists those who know the price of everything and the value of nothing are increasingly redefining citizenship into a commodity with an exchange value.
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And with Sh30 million, pocket change for some, wealthy Kenyans have been snapping up citizenships for Dominica, a tiny Caribbean Island with a population of 71,808.
GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT OF PETITE SAVANNE CONSTITUENCY GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT OF PETITE SAVANNE CONSTITUENCY
The Petite Savanne Constituency was dealt a hard blow after the passage of Tropical Storm Erika in 2015.
Many residents had to be relocated due the devastation wreaked by the tropical storm. Since then the Government of Dominica has made significant investments in various sectors to help rebuild the constituency.
The sporting sector is one area which has seen such investments, as residents of Bagatelle can now boast of the newly rehabilitated playing field and basketball court.
“We renovated the basketball court a few months ago. We spent a significant sum of money to get the proper surface, the proper backboards etc. Also to the back of the basketball court, you can also appreciate the work that has been done on the Bagatelle playing field; resurfacing and fencing along with other works,” stated Member of Parlia
Just waiting to happen
There was a noteworthy story in Monday’s paper about Curaçao’s Investor Permit Program to stimulate the economy. Dutch State Secretary of Home Affairs Raymond Knops told the Second Chamber of Parliament that Curaçao cannot unilaterally grant investors citizenship.
That is true because issuing passports of the Netherlands and consequently the European Union (EU) is a kingdom affair. However, what the island provides is legal local residency and it just happens to be that this normally creates the option to apply for naturalization after five years.
The latter does mean giving up one’s other nationality nowadays, which is why many foreigners prefer waiting 10 years to seek permanent residency. There are other requirements like some basic knowledge of the Dutch language and about the kingdom.
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