1. This is a Judgment on the Originating Summons by Edward Arome Mwaringa and Abigael Semo Okiya dated 16/6/2026 . The Summons sought for an order of adoption of baby TALAYAH DAHLIA alias TEHILLAH PENDO MWARINGA (‘the child’). It also sought an order directing the Registrar General to make an entry in the Adopted Children’s Register following granting of the adoption orders.
2. The applicants are man and wife living in Polyview Estate, Kisumu. The Child is a female born on 12/4/2025. The child is a biological daughter of Vyone Sayo and Alvin Kalika who are relatives to each other.
3. Because of the customs from which the biological parents of the child hail, the child could not be brought up within the community. It was therefore surrendered to Springs of Life Children’s Home on 14/4/2025. The child was declared to be free for adoption by the Case Committee of Little Angels Network on 21/8/2025.
4. The applicants contend that Little Angels Network Case Committee considered their application for adoption and was satisfied that they met the legal and social parameters for adoption. They further contended that they have a secure home and were financially stable to provide a more stable home for the child.
5. Aloyce Ochieng Onyango and Carolyne Wangari, consented to be appointed as Guardians ad Litem for the child.
6. The provisions of sections 184 to 186 of the Children’s Act sets out the requirements for adoption. This Court has considered the same.
7. On 28/7/2026, both the applicants and the guardians ad litem appeared and testified before me. Their evidence is on record.
8. I have considered the said testimonies, the entire record together with the County Children’s Officer’s report dated 24/7/2026. I am satisfied that the applicants are fit and suitable to be granted the prayers they seek and that the provisions of the law cited above have been fully met. Further, I have considered that it is in the best interest of the Child that the orders sought be made.
9. Accordingly, I allow the Originating Summons and make the following orders: -
a) That Edward Arome Mwaringa and Abigael Semo Okiya be and are hereby authorized to adopt the child Talayah Dahlia alias Tehillah Pendo Mwaringa and an Adoption Order is hereby issued accordingly.
b) That Aloyce Ochieng Onyango and Carolyne Wangari be and are hereby appointed and confirmed as the guardians ad litem of the Child.
c) That henceforth, the child be known as Tehillah Pendo Mwaringa and a Birth Certificate in respect thereof be issued accordingly.
d) That the Registrar General do make the appropriate entry of this adoption in the Adopted Children’s Register accordingly.
e) There shall be no orders as to costs.
It is so decreed.
2. The applicants are man and wife living in Polyview Estate, Kisumu. The Child is a female born on 12/4/2025. The child is a biological daughter of Vyone Sayo and Alvin Kalika who are relatives to each other.
3. Because of the customs from which the biological parents of the child hail, the child could not be brought up within the community. It was therefore surrendered to Springs of Life Children’s Home on 14/4/2025. The child was declared to be free for adoption by the Case Committee of Little Angels Network on 21/8/2025.
4. The applicants contend that Little Angels Network Case Committee considered their application for adoption and was satisfied that they met the legal and social parameters for adoption. They further contended that they have a secure home and were financially stable to provide a more stable home for the child.
5. Aloyce Ochieng Onyango and Carolyne Wangari, consented to be appointed as Guardians ad Litem for the child.
6. The provisions of sections 184 to 186 of the Children’s Act sets out the requirements for adoption. This Court has considered the same.
7. On 28/7/2026, both the applicants and the guardians ad litem appeared and testified before me. Their evidence is on record.
8. I have considered the said testimonies, the entire record together with the County Children’s Officer’s report dated 24/7/2026. I am satisfied that the applicants are fit and suitable to be granted the prayers they seek and that the provisions of the law cited above have been fully met. Further, I have considered that it is in the best interest of the Child that the orders sought be made.
9. Accordingly, I allow the Originating Summons and make the following orders: -
a) That Edward Arome Mwaringa and Abigael Semo Okiya be and are hereby authorized to adopt the child Talayah Dahlia alias Tehillah Pendo Mwaringa and an Adoption Order is hereby issued accordingly.
b) That Aloyce Ochieng Onyango and Carolyne Wangari be and are hereby appointed and confirmed as the guardians ad litem of the Child.
c) That henceforth, the child be known as Tehillah Pendo Mwaringa and a Birth Certificate in respect thereof be issued accordingly.
d) That the Registrar General do make the appropriate entry of this adoption in the Adopted Children’s Register accordingly.
e) There shall be no orders as to costs.
It is so decreed.