In re P B (Baby) [2017] KEHC 7674 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA

AT NAIROBI

ADOPTION CAUSE NO. 224 OF 2015 (OS)

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILDREN’S ACT NO. 8 OF 2001

IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF BABY P B

BY

J W N (APPLICANT)

R U L I N G

I have considered the Originating summons dated 11th September, 2015 and the social reports from Buckner Kenya Adoption Agency and the Director Children Services.

None of these reports has any information that would amount to justification under Section 158(2)of theChildren Act.

The Applicant being a single female and the subject minor being male the court finds that the material placed before the court is insufficient to warrant the granting of the orders sought, in right of the specific provisions of Section 158(2) Children Act.

The Director Children Services report is silent on this issue while that of Buckner Kenya Adoption Society alludes to special circumstances without disclosing them.

The application is therefore denied until such a time as the foregoing section will be complied with.

SIGNED DATEDandDELIVEREDin open court this 9th day of February 2017.

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L. A. ACHODE

JUDGE