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WASHINGTON – California attorneyOrly Taitz, who has filed a number of lawsuits demanding proof ofBarack Obama's eligibility to serve as president, has released a copyof what purports to be a Kenyan certification of birth and has filed a new motion in U.S. District Court for its authentication.

This document purports to be a Kenyan certification of birth for Barack Obama, allegedly born in Mombasa, Kenya, in 1961

The document lists Obama's parents as Barack Hussein Obama andStanley Ann Obama, formerly Stanley Ann Dunham, the birth date as Aug.4, 1961, and the hospital of birth as Coast General Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya.

Document enlarged to show detail alleges Barack Obama was born at Coast General Hospital in Mombasa on Aug. 4, 1961

No doctor is listed. But the alleged certificate bearsthe signature of the deputy registrar of Coast Province, Joshua SimonOduya. It was allegedly issued as a certified copy of the original inFebruary 1964.

WND was able to obtain other birth certificates from Kenya forpurposes of comparison, and the form of the documents appear to beidentical.

An enlarged view of the bottom of the document

Last week, a counterfeit document purporting to be Obama's Kenyan birth certificate made the rounds of the Internet, but was quickly determined to be fraudulent. The new document released by Taitz bears none of the obvious traits of a hoax.

One of the issues Taitz must deal with will be the authentication ofthe document. Critics immediately jumped on the Feb. 17, 1964, date forthe document, explaining that the "republic" of Kenya wasn't assembleduntil in December of that year.

Media Matters wrote, "Sorry, WorldNetDaily: Kenya wasn't a republic until Dec. 1964."

But Kenya's official independence was in 1963, and any number of labels could have been applied to government documents during that time period.

At Ameriborn Constitution News,the researcher noted that the independence process for the nationactually started taking as early as 1957, when there were the firstdirect elections for Africans to the Legislative Council.

"Kenya became an Independent Republic, December 12, 1963, whichgives more [credibility] that this is a true document," the websitestated.

The 1963 independence is corroborated by several other information sources, including the online African History.

Even the People Dailynews agency cited, on Dec. 12, 2005, the "42nd independenceanniversary" in Nairobi. "The country gained independence from Britainon Dec. 12, 1963," the report said.

An online copy of the Kenya Constitution, "adopted in 1963,amended in 1999," states: "CHAPTER I - THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, Article1, Kenya is a sovereign Republic. Article 1A, The Republic of Kenyashall be a multiparty democratic state…"

It was in November 1964 when the region voluntarily became a one-party state, according to an online source.

The region including Mombasa originally was dealt with as aseparate independence movement, but it almost immediately became partof Kenya when the sultan of Zanzibar ceded the "coastal strip" toKenya, according to sources.

Taitz told WND that the document came from an anonymous sourcewho doesn't want his name known because "he's afraid for his life."

Taitz's motion, filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court forthe Central District of California, requests the purported evidence ofObama's birth – both the alleged birth certificate and foreign recordsnot yet obtained – be preserved from destruction, asks for permissionto legally request documents from Kenya and seeks a subpoena fordeposition from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

"I filed the motion with the court asking for expediteddiscovery, which would allow me to start subpoenas and depositions evenbefore Obama and the government responds," Taitz told WND. "I am askingthe judge to give me the power to subpoena the documents from theKenyan embassy and to require a deposition from Hillary Clinton so theywill be forced to authenticate [the birth certificate].

"I'm forcing the issue, where Obama will have to respond," she said.

"Before, they said, 'You don't have anything backing yourclaims,'" Taitz explained. "Now I have something. In fact, I haveposted on the Internet more than Obama has. My birth certificateactually has signatures."

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