The clergy has regretted the Kenya’s Supreme Court’s decision to allow the KCSE certificate of a person who had grown up as a man changed to read that he was now female.
The clergy expressed the concern following the recent decision by the high court judge Weldon Korir that directed KNEC to replace the certificates issued in the name of Ithibu Andrew Mbugua with one in the name of Audrey Mbugua Ithibu.
Born in Kiambu 29 years ago in Ndumberi of Kiambu County, Andrew Mbugua, a transgender went to court to Compel KNEC to change the name that appeared on his certificate from Andrew to Audrey.
Speaking to the press in Kiambu on Thursday, Rev. Ezibon Ngaruiya of Kenya Anglican Men’s Association of Mount Kenya South said that he does not agree with what Audrey did.
Rev Ngaruiya however, said that he respects the court decision to allow her to change her names because according to him the damage was already done.
The church leader explained that unless one is born with an extreme disorder, they have no right to change what they are.
He asserted that God had made all of us wonderfully in his image and we should all accept what we are. He could not understand how you are born a boy with no disorder and decide to change to a female later on in life.
Audrey was born in Ndumberi of Kiambu County and schooled at the Kiambu boy’s high school where he then sat for KCSE and was issued with a certificate that reflected that he was male.
In papers presented as exhibits, the transgender told the court that she had suffered irreparable damage because of the way the examination council indicated in her certificate.
She said it was almost impossible for her to get employment in her current state with the certificate, therefore allowing the Supreme Court issue fresh orders for the change of names.