{"id":2986,"date":"2013-04-08T07:31:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T11:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2013-04-10T20:51:28","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T00:51:28","slug":"1952-kenya-principal-police-ordinance-section-34-footprint-identification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/1952-kenya-principal-police-ordinance-section-34-footprint-identification\/","title":{"rendered":"1952 – Kenya Principal (Police) Ordinance, Section 34: footprint identification and record."},"content":{"rendered":"

It appears that going back as far as the year 1952 inked footprints may have been used for the purpose of identification and record in Kenya.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Bill Entitled An Ordinance To Amend The Police Ordinance, 1948<\/strong><\/em>, Section 34 (on bottom half of page 909 and top of page 910):<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “(1) And magistrate, justice of the peace or police officer of or over the rank of Assistant Inspector or any police officer in charge of a police station may take, or cause to be taken, in his presence, for the purpose of record and identification, the measurements, photographs, footprints and casts thereof, palm prints and fingerprints of any person in lawful custody or who is subject to police supervision[.] The Member may prescribe the form upon which footprints, palm prints or fingerprints shall be taken and such magistrate, justice of the peace, or police officer, as the case may be, shall certify, on such form that such footprints, palm prints or fingerprints have been taken him, or caused to be taken in his presence, in accordance with directions contained on such form, and that the particulars entered on such form are to the best of his knowledge and belief accurate and true[.]<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 “Provided that such a person in not charged with an offence, or is discharged or acquitted by a court, and has not previously been convicted, all records of such measurements, photographs, footprints and casts thereof, palm prints and fingerprints and any negatives and copies of such footprints, palm prints and fingerprints shall forthwith be destroyed or handed over to such person[.]<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “(2) Any person who refuses to permit his measurements, photographs, footprints and\u00a0 casts thereof, palm prints and fingerprints to be taken under the provision of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 If the Kenyan police were taking footprints (for identification<\/span><\/strong>), palm prints and fingerprints in 1952 then what would be so atypical or peculiar about finding a footprint (for identification<\/span><\/strong>) affixed to a Kenyan birth certificate (e.g., Barack Obama’s birth certificate) which was issued nearly ten years later in 1961?<\/span><\/p>\n

Skeptics have indicated, and presented arguments to the effect, that footprints have never really been used for identification (anywhere in the world, not Kenya in particular).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In this report I have presented evidence that footprints have been used for identification. Moreover, the evidence indicates that such identification was used in Kenya.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If the Kenyan police were taking footprints for identification in 1952 then it would be difficult for anyone to argue that a hospital in Kenya, in year 1961, could not have been taking footprints for identification.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1952 – Kenya Principal (Police) Ordinance, section 34: footprint identification.<\/a> by Lucas Daniel Smith<\/a><\/p>\n