In re B (Minor) [2021] KEHC 12724 (KLR)
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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI
MILIMANI LAW COURTS
FAMILY DIVISION
ADOPTION CAUSE NO. 70 OF 2015 (OS)
IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILDREN ACT, 2001
AND
IN THE MATTER OF BABY B. (MINOR)
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR ADOPTION
BY
JND.............................................................................1ST APPLICANT
WM..............................................................................2ND APPLICANT
DIRECTIONS
1. Before I prepare and deliver a judgment in this adoption cause, I direct the Child Welfare Society of Kenya to explain why Baby B. was on 22nd February 2013 placed into the care of the applicants NDJN and WM prior to it being declared free for adoption. The declaration was on 28th February 2017.
2. I seek this explanation under section 156 of the Children Act, No. 8 of 2001.
3. The explanation should be by way of an affidavit sworn by the Chief Executive Officer of the Society, and filed within 14 days from today.
4. This matter shall be mentioned on 15th April 2021 for further directions.
DATED AND DELIVERED NAIROBI THIS 18TH DAY OF MARCH 2021.
A.O. MUCHELULE
JUDGE