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Attorney General Githu Muigai recalls all marriage certificate books as State prepares for new law

Bride Teresia Kanini (R) puts a ring on the finger of her husband Abiud Maina (L) during their wedding day at Redeemed Gospel Church in Huruma Nairobi.

A new regime on marriages and issuance of marriage certificates is in the offing following the enactment of the Marriage Act, 2014.

All church ministers whose licences to conduct weddings will not have been renewed by the Registrar of Marriages by November 1, will preside over illegal marriages, whose certificates will not be recognised by law.

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