More men are seeking DNA testing services in Kenya with major aim of trying to establish the paternity of their children.
DNA testing expert Kinyajui Murigi says out of 10 men who seek such services in their facility with doubt about who the father of kids they are bringing up, seven finds they are not the biological dads.
“Many are men seeking help to know if they are the biological fathers. They come with doubts after looking at the kid’s physical traits, hear some rumours or out of rage their wives tell them they did not sire such kids” Kinyajui says.
They however refuse to do paternity DNA testing on police officers, military personnel and people who are licensed to carry firearms.
“When we establish one is in that category, we don’t undertake testing on them because we don’t want to be liable for what they can do with such weapons when we tell them they are not the real fathers of kids they are bringing up” Kinyajui reveals.
Out of anger and betrayal, law enforcers and armed people tend to do harm, in most cases shoot death their wives when they learn the shocking truth.
He says the difficult part is when giving negative results to a client.
“When client seeks our services, I urge them to imagine the worse case scenario be fore we start the testing” he reveals.
Some clients when are informed on phone about the results, they pick them and reveal they have quit their marriage and that would start life afresh, a sad happening that leave the experts also unhappy.
There are however women who seek DNA testing services to establish who is father of their kid. That happens if they had multiple intimacy the time they got pregnant and thus did not know who is responsible for their child.
Murigi says one does not have to take the kid there, they can take their finger nails, handkerchief, toothbrush, hair or a used toothpick.
In Kenya the testing cost ranges from Sh10, 000 to Sh35, 000.
