Justice Mativo stated that adopted children have a right to know their biological parents when they come of age. Justice Mativo said although the Kenyan adoption laws are silent on disclosure of biological parents to an adopted child, the country should apply international conventions that recognize the right to identity and parental lineage. According to the judge, the question of whether adopted children need to know their lineage was made possible by article 35 of the constitution, which gives everyone the right to access information