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NAIROBI: Today is Father’s day, the day we celebrate fathers and father figures. This year’s Father’s Day comes soon after a ruling issued by the Kenyan courts bestowing on every child the right to have their father’s name on their birth certificate.
That ruling is interesting and it got me thinking about the place and role of fathers in their children’s lives. Does a father’s name on a birth certificate make one a better father? Does it compel a father to do right by their child? Indeed, what value does that name add to the child’s life, especially in the absence of the bearer of the name?
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