<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa sababu ya kupoteza faida hizo, idadi ya maombi ya uraia iliongezeka kutoka wastani wa kila mwaka wa maombi 300,000 hadi milioni 1.6 mwaka 1996.  <response>: This loss of benefits has almost certainly precipitated the jump from the long-standing annual average of 300,000 citizenship applications to 1.6 million in 1996. 