REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KISUMU ADOPTION CAUSE NO. 252OF 2002 R G H.......................................................1ST APPLICANT H C H......................................................2ND APPLICANT AND APPLICATION BY S N H..............APPLICANT/CHILD RULING 1. The applicant, who is now an adult was adopted by the R G H and H C H who are British citizenship, by an order of court made on 26th November, 2002. 2. By a chamber summons dated 24th August, 2018, the child prays for an order to authorize the Director of Immigration to issue her with a Kenyan Passport. 3. The applicant was found abandoned in Nairobi, Kenya and is by operation of Article 14 (4) of the Constitution presumed to be a Kenyan citizen by birth. 4. Consequently, I find and hold that this application has merit and it is allowed in the following terms:a. A declaration be and is hereby issued that the child is a Kenya citizen by birth as provided under Article 14 (4) of the Constitution and is entitled to rights of a citizen as provided under Article 12 (1) of the Constitution. b. The Director of Immigration is hereby directed to issue the applicant/ child with a Kenyan Passport. c. No order as to costs DATED AND SIGNED AT KISUMU THIS 4th Day of October 2018 T.W. CHERERE JUDGE Read in open court in the presence ofCourt Assistant - Felix Applicants -Mr Rogo
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