Kenya: Adopted Kids to Get Birth Certificates

Adopted children will now be able to acquire birth certificates after the High Court directed the principle registrar of births and deaths to issue them the certificates. Justice Isaac Lenaola gave the directive after the organization for national empowerment went to court saying the present system where adopted children are registered in the adoption register is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

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