well there is something new:
What a Kenyan BC from 1961 could have looked like:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29022143/Kenyan-Certificate
THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION RULES
http://www.kenyalaw.org/kenyalaw/klr_app/view_content.php?ContentHistoryID=24006
This law is from the foundation of Indipendent Kenya
The link well expalains all the procedures to acquire a BC in Kenya. The link contains all possible BC forms and registrar notations
It is very clear that:
Hospitals do not issue BCs, these are issued by the registrar upon notification from the Hospital
Hospitals issue Birth Notification Sheets
I bet Smith is gonna show up any minute now and explain all this