Get a birth certificate (including late registration)
Directorate of Civil Registration Services · sources read 30 Sep 2026
Apply for your child's birth certificate on eCitizen, at a sub-county civil registration office or at a Huduma Centre, using the Acknowledgement of Birth Notification (ABN) from where the child was born. The certificate costs KSh 200.
- Fee
- KSh 200Birth certificate (birth registered on time)KSh 1,000Registering the child's name or changing details in the birth registerKSh 500Late registration of birthKSh 200Certificate after late registration (on top of the late registration fee)
- How long
- About 1 working day, according to the Civil Registration service charter
- Deadline
- Register the birth within six months, or it becomes a late registration with extra documents and fees
- Where
- Online on eCitizen (Civil Registration Services), at any sub-county civil registration office, or at a Huduma Centre
What you need
- Acknowledgement of Birth Notification (ABN) from the hospital or place of birth
- The child's date of birth, the mother's name and the place of birth
- If the ABN is lost: proof of the ABN number from the place of birth
- Late registration: filled late registration forms
- Late registration: clinic or antenatal register
- Late registration: parents' ID cards
- Late registration: school leaving certificate or school letter, or ID card if the applicant is over 18
Steps
- Keep the Acknowledgement of Birth Notification (ABN) you got from the hospital or place of birth. You need its number to apply.
- Apply on the eCitizen civil registration portal, or visit a sub-county civil registration office or a Huduma Centre.
- Pay KSh 200 for the certificate.
- If the birth was never registered within six months, apply for late registration instead: fill the late registration forms, bring the supporting documents, and pay KSh 500 plus KSh 200 for the certificate.
Watch out
- Born at home or outside a hospital? Start at the local Assistant Chief's office where the child was born.
- Want to change the name on the birth certificate? You only have two years to do it.
- Adding the child's name later or correcting details in the birth register costs an extra KSh 1,000.
Who can apply
- Parents or guardians, individuals applying for themselves, and children's homes
- Late registration is for births not registered within six months of the date of birth
Official sources (5)
- Current Birth Certificate usajili.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Late Birth usajili.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Civil Registration Services usajili.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Civil Registration Services - Services Delivery Charter usajili.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Civil Registration Services - eCitizen dcrs.ecitizen.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026