Nairobi, Feb. 9 -- The High Court has ordered the removal of a man's name from a child's birth record after DNA evidence proved he was not the biological father, resolving a dispute that began with text messages discovered on a mobile phone.

In the ruling, the Court stated that scientific evidence had "rebutted any presumption of paternity" and directed the Registrar of Births and Deaths to amend the child's birth certificate accordingly.

The case was filed by a man identified as KZI, who told the court that his lover, Ms CS, had led him to believe he was the father of a child born in April 2017. His name had been listed on the birth certificate at the time.

According to court documents, Mr KZ's doubts arose in April 2025 when the chil...