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*: Articles 19 and 23 of the constitution provides, " Every person of I-Kiribati descent ... shall ... become or have and continue to have thereafter the right to become a citizen of Kiribati .... Every person of I-Kiribati descent who does not become a citizen of Kiribati on Independence Day ... shall, at any time thereafter, be entitled upon making application in such manner as may be prescribed to be registered as a citizen of Kiribati.