In re Adoption Application of Baby P (Infant) by WWK (Adoption Cause E003 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 15895 (KLR) (27 October 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 15895 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KIAMBU ADOPTION CAUSE E003 OF 2025 DO CHEPKWONY, J OCTOBER 27, 2025 IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILDREN’S ACT, 2022 AND IN THE MATTER OF AN ADOPTION APPLICATION OF BABY P (INFANT) BY WWK RULING 1. 2. 4. In a Ruling of 9th April, 2025, this Court made the following orders in this matter:a. The Applicant, W. W. K. is hereby authorized to adopt Baby D. P. and the child shall henceforth be known as D.S. W. W. b. J. W. K. and E. M. S be and are hereby appointed the joint Legal Guardians of Baby D. P. c. D. S. W. W. be and is hereby considered a Kenyan Citizen. d. Baby D. P. is presumed to have been born on 27th May, 2021 within Kiambu County. e. The Registrar General is hereby ordered to make appropriate entries in the Adopted Children’s Register in respect to Baby D. P/D. S. W. W The Applicant has now moved the court through Chamber Summons application dated 25th July, 2025 seeking the following orders:a. That the Honourable Court be pleased to appoint EWM of P. O. BOX XXXXX-00100 NAirobi as the Guardian AD Litem for Baby DP. b. That the Director of Children Services be hereby ordered to conduct investigations as to the suitability of the Applicant to adopt BABY DP and submit a report of the findings of the court. The Application is based on the grounds as set out on its face. On 27th October, 2025, the court heard the Applicant and the said Guardian Ad Litem, EWM who appeared in court and explained that she knows WN as a neighbor, and has adopted baby DP and is suitable for the role. The Guardian Ad https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/15895/eng@2025-10-27 1
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Litem stated that she consents to being appointed as such and understands her role and undertakes to act objectively in the best interest of the child. 5. Having read through the application and having seen and heard the Guardian Ad Litem, this Court having granted the Adoption orders in the Ruling of 9th April, 2025, finds that the application is merited and proceeds to make the following orders:a. That the Honourable Court hereby appoints EWM of P. O.BOX XXXXX-00100 NairobI as the Guardian Ad Litem for Baby DP. b. That the Director of Children Services be and is hereby ordered to conduct investigations as to the suitability of the Applicant to adopt BABY DP and submit a report of the findings of the court. It is so ordered. RULING DATED AND SIGNED AT KIAMBU THIS 27 TH DAY OF . OCTOBER , 2025. D. O. CHEPKWONY JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/15895/eng@2025-10-27 2
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