Joy as office gives birth certificates in 24 hours

Kakamega County Civil Registration Officer Titus Maina during the interview on October 4, 2021. He says it now takes 24 hours to get a birth certificate at the Births office in Kakamega. [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]

Two years ago, Brenda Wawire spent six months trying to get a birth certificate for her daughter who was to sit the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination.

She made endless visits to the county registration offices but in vain, and by the time she secured it, it was just three days to the registration deadline.