The Interior Ministry’s State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services has reported the loss of 900 birth certificates from its Mutomo registration office in Kitui County.
Acting secretary of Civil Registration Services, Paul Mwangemi, announced this through a public notice in local newspapers.
The missing documents involve nine booklets, each containing 100 birth certificates. The serial numbers of the lost certificates range from 1502001 to 1502900, with the breakdown as follows: 1502001 to 1502100, 1502101 to 1502200, 1502201 to 1502300, 1502301 to 1502400, 1502401 to 1502500, 1502501 to 1502600, 1502601 to 1502700, 1502701 to 1502800, and 1502801 to 1502900.
The department warned the public that these certificates had been invalidated and urged anyone in possession of a certificate with the mentioned serial numbers to return it.
The certificate should be submitted to the Secretary of Civil Registration Services, located on the 4th floor of Hass Plaza, Lower Hill Road, Nairobi.
While the ministry confirmed the loss of the certificates, they did not provide further details regarding how or when the incident occurred.
