Nairobi, Feb. 19 -- An African American has moved to court seeking to be recognised as a Kenyan citizen saying he has an inalienable right to return to his motherland and ancestral Home-Africa.

Mr Mubarak Abdul Muqsit Akram who is an American citizen says that he has consciously chosen Kenya as his ancestral home.

He says that cognisant of his roots and heritage in the African continent, he visited Kenya briefly for the first time in 2003 and later returned in 2008 and he has found solace, warmth and comfort albeit as a 'foreigner'.

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In his petition at the High Court in Mombasa, he is seeking a declaration that under the rules of international law and the constitution, his righ...