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2021

Intersex children

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Baby ‘A’ And Another V Attorney General And Others [2014] Eklr, Samiselo Kayombo May 2021

Baby ‘A’ And Another V Attorney General And Others [2014] Eklr, Samiselo Kayombo

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On or about 3rd May 2009, Baby A (1st Petitioner) was born as an intersex child.2 On 10th May 2009, Kenyatta National Hospital (2nd Respondent) conducted various medical tests on the 1st Petitioner and on one of the documents that captured the 1st Petitioner’s details, inserted a question mark ‘?’ in the column that indicated the child’s sex. The Petitioners claimed that the entry of a question mark to indicate the sex of Baby A violated the rights of the child to legal recognition, dignity and freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment. These rights were guaranteed in Section 4 of …