REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KITUI ADOPTION CAUSE NO. 3 OF 2016 IN THE MATTER OF BABY F AND ON APPLICATION FOR AN ADOPTION ORDER PMM ) M M M )..........APPLICANTS RULING 1. P M M and M M M the Applicants approached the Court by way of Originating Summons seeking to adopt Baby F to be known as F K M a child who was abandoned on 24th January, 2014 at the house of one A M a resident of Mlolongo Market. A report was made to the police and the child admitted at Thomas Bernado House on 25th January, 2014 following a Court order. On 21st January, 2015 the child was declared free for adoption by a Certificate No. [particulars withheld]. 2. The Applicants are adults below the age of 65 years old, who are financially stable. They are a Pastor and shopkeeper respectively and married. The brother of the male Applicant R M Z has consented to be a legal guardian of the child. 3. The guardian ad litem of the child filed a report expressing her confidence in the Applicants as persons who will provide the child with care and love. 4. The Director of Children Services investigated the case and found the Applicants with the ability to assume parental responsibility of the child as they proved to be capable of providing adequately for the child. 5. Having considered reports filed herein and the fact that the consent of the biological parent is not necessary in the instant case, I allow the application and make orders thus: i. The Applicants are hereby authorized to adopt Baby F who shall henceforth be known as F K M. ii. R M Z be and is hereby appointed as the legal guardian of the child. iii. The Registrar General shall enter the child’s name in the Adoption Register and he shall be considered a Kenyan Citizen. iv. The guardian ad litem is hereby discharged. 6. It is so ordered. Dated, Signed and Delivered at Kitui this 19th day of April, 2018. L. N. MUTENDE JUDGE
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