[Non-Sequitur]

Yes. They probably do have his original birth certificate. There's no doubt his mother would have brought it with her from Kenya for hospital records. It's in lock up. They very well could have seen it. That doesn't mean it's a U.S. birth certificate.

Why would they have a foreign birth certificate?

[concerned about politics]

Why would they have a foreign birth certificate?

They'd use it for his certificate of live birth information. They'd also need it for his adoption certificate.

[RegulatorCountry]

http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrs2006/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0017_0008.HTM

“[§338-17.8] Certificates for children born out of State. (a) Upon application of an adult or the legal parents of a minor child, the director of health shall issue a birth certificate for such adult or minor, provided that proof has been submitted to the director of health that the legal parents of such individual while living without the Territory or State of Hawaii had declared the Territory or State of Hawaii as their legal residence for at least one year immediately preceding the birth or adoption of such child...”