UN official brings baby to court

By Evelyn Kwamboka

A United Nations official has produced in court a child he took away from the mother.

Mr Girmay Haile appeared in court in the company of the three-and-a-half-year-old baby as ordered by the court.

The baby’s mother, Ms Yodit Habiteab, who had gone to court after Haile failed to return the baby following one of his visits, was also at the Children’s Court in Nairobi, yesterday.

The court allowed the man to stay with the baby whom he has allegedly enrolled in one of the schools within the city, until April 1, when the application filed by Ms Habiteab would be heard.

Haile appeared in court following summons issued by the Children’s Court Resident Magistrate, AK Mwicigi.

The magistrate had ordered him to bring the baby to court in person. He also ordered the baby’s mother to serve the man with the suit papers through the Diplomatic Police Unit.

The woman, through Miller & Company Advocates, moved to court on March 7, after the man failed to return the baby home.