Court Approves Removal of Father’s Name from Birth Certificate After DNA Test in Kisumu

A court in Kisumu has granted a father’s request to remove his name from the birth certificate of a 9-year-old boy following DNA test results that proved he is not the biological father.

This case garnered significant media attention after being featured by NTV. The father, who had doubts about the child’s paternity, decided to take legal action, and the DNA tests confirmed his suspicions.

The judge instructed the birth and death registration office in Kisumu to issue a new birth certificate without the father’s name.

The judge stated that the information on the birth certificate, dated April 27, 2023, regarding the child’s father, identified as J.M.O., was incorrect and misleading.

“I allow the application dated November 16, 2023 to the extent that the applicant’s name in this F.O.A. that is in the child’s Birth Certificate Number xxx as the father of the child J.M.O will be deleted,” the judge said.

In a recent court case, F.O.A. acknowledged that he permitted his name to be used in registering a child as the father during the issuance of the birth certificate, as outlined in section 12 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act.

Despite this, he denied adopting the child after a private DNA test. Following a court order, a second test was performed by a government chemist in Kisumu, confirming that he is not the child’s biological father.

The man shared that he was in a romantic relationship with the child’s mother in 2014, which led to her pregnancy. She convinced him that he was the father, prompting him to support her.

However, he later harbored doubts about the child’s paternity and ceased his support, suspecting the child was not his.