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Audrey Mbugua has received favour from a judge in her quest to change the name in her KCSE certificate.
Justice Weldon Korir has allowed Audrey to file her arguments as the transgender seeks to have the Kenya National Examinations Council change her name on her certificate.
Audrey, who was born as Andrew Mbugua, wants the high court to recognise her new gender.
Justice Weldon Korir has asked Audrey to file her submissions in two weeks, which the Attorney General should respond to before hearing.
Audrey hit headlines last year after claiming she was born male, seven years after completing high school.
She was treated at Mathari Hospital but she changed her name to match her new gender and began the process to change her national ID as well.
In October, the Kenya Christian Lawyers Fellowship told Justice George Odunga that Audrey Mbugua had not shown medical evidence that she is of transgender status.
They instead claimed that Audrey suffers from a treatable condition known as ‘Gender Identity Disorder.’
In the expected application, Audrey feels that since her KCSE certificate has a different gender and name, it has made it difficult for her to get a job.
She accuses Knec of preventing her from being employed. Last year, she was told it was impossible for the change to be made on her certificate after the exam results had been released.
