Kenya Mother: My child has 2 birth certificates
Published: 4/Aug/2016
Source: The Standard (Nairobi)
The Government is on the spot for allegedly issuing two birth certificates to a child whose parents are fighting over custody in court.
The eight-year-old was issued with a birth certificate on October 2, 2008. Another certificate was issued on January 1, 2012, under a different name and without the mother’s consent. Both certificates were issued by the Department of Registration of Births and Deaths in Nakuru and have different serial numbers. However, the girl’s date of birth is the same on both documents, August 21, 2008.