In re O (Baby) (Adoption Cause E213 of 2025) [2026] KEHC 11877 (KLR) (Family) (30 July 2026) (Judgment) Neutral citation: [2026] KEHC 11877 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAIROBI (MILIMANI LAW COURTS) FAMILY ADOPTION CAUSE E213 OF 2025 HK CHEMITEI, J JULY 30, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF BABY O IN THE MATTER OF STM ...................................................................................................... 1ST APPLICANT YNN ..................................................................................................... 2ND APPLICANT JUDGMENT 1. In their Originating Summons dated 1st August 2025 the Applicants prayed for the following orders: (a) That they be authorised to adopt BabyO and the consent of the biological parents be dispensed with. (b) That upon adoption the said child be known as OMT . (c) That the Registrar General do make the appropriate entry of OMT in the Adopted Children Register. (d) That the child OMT be presumed born a Kenyan citizen and the Director of Immigration Services do issue OMT with a Kenyan passport. (e) That Jasper Ondieki Maoga be appointed legal guardian of the child OMT . 2. The application is based on the statements as well as the attached supporting afidavits and the annexures thereto. 3. The Court on 18th September 2025 as it appointed the guardian ad litem directed that a report be prepared in respect to the minor. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2026/11877/eng@2026-07-30 1
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4. The said report dated 11th February 2026 is on record and I have had occasion to peruse the same extensively. 5. The parties on 16th July 2026 appeared before the Court albeit online. The Court examined them and they all appreciated their respective roles. 6. In the premises and based on the paper trail on record this Court is satisfied that the Originating Summons is merited and the same is hereby allowed with no order as to costs. 7. The guardian ad litem herein Walter Oluoch Odhiambo is hereby discharged. DATED SIGNED AND DELIVERED VIA VIDEO LINK AT NAIROBI THIS 30TH DAY OF JULY 2026. H.K. CHEMITEI JUDGE, FCIArb. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2026/11877/eng@2026-07-30 2
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