Procedure for birth certificate/ death certificate
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Procedure for birth certificate/ death certificate
[a] LAW The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 28 of 1970
[b] REGISTRAR Registrar General’s office
[c] PROCEDURE -Every person registering a births/death to fill in
a declaration form and certify to the correctness of the particulars by signing the form.
-The declaration form is stamped by the hospital administrator or sub-county chief of the place of birth.
[d] Registration upon payment of a prescribed fee the Registrar General issues a certificate.
[e] FEES PAYABLE
Birth and Death Registration
a)National Application
i) Long Certificates Shs 5,000
ii) Short Certificates Shs 1,000
iii) Alterations Shs 5,000
b)Foreign Application
i) Long Certificates US$ 40.000
ii) Short Certificates US$ 20.000
ii) Certification US$ 20.000
iv) Alterations US$ 40.000
Contact the Registrar General for further information