We are familiar with the statement that Kenya is a country with a high degree of legal pluralism where formal justice and state law and authorities compete with a multitude of non-formal sets of norms and non-state institutions at local and ethnic levels. The Country has at least 44 recognised ethnic groupings spread across 580,367km2 of the Kenyan Territory.
UON and MLS set out to create a forum where we can discuss what these norms are at ethnic levels with a view to understanding them better and recording the various perspectives and dynamics that prevail particularly in regards to questions of birth, naming of children, marriage and divorce, rites of passage, death, family relations, succession and inheritance.
Judge Eric Ogola’s Discourse on Luo Customary Laws 2021
waihenya2021-07-24T11:38:14+00:00A DISCOURSE ON LUO CUSTOMARY LAWS By HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ERIC OGOLA Birth and Naming of children: The birth of a baby is usually a joy to the family and community. In the past times in the Luo society there were ceremonies related to birth; the first concerned the "presentation" of the newborn to the
