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Registrar ordered to remove 'strange father' from birth certificate of minor

Justice John Onyiego said it was unfair for the registrar to decline to rectify the birth certificate. [iStockphoto]

The High Court has ordered the Registrar of Births to remove "strange father" from a minor's birth certificate.

The case involves a six-year-old boy who supposedly has two fathers. While the minor has a biological father, the one registered on his birth certificate is different.

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