This archive report was first published on 5 August 2019.
Published on August 5, 2019, the Luo Council of Elders has summoned Ken Okoth's widow, Monica, for traditional burial rituals in Kabondo, Homa Bay County, following the cremation of the late Kibra MP.
According to Luo culture, part of the rituals would include 'inheriting' Monica, as per longstanding traditions which dictate that a widow can be remarried by a brother of her late husband.
The council chairman for Kibra, John Ogeda, explained that the rituals must be conducted because Okoth was neither brought home nor buried in line with Luo traditions.
Okoth was cremated on Saturday morning at Nairobi's Kariokor Crematorium in a private event attended by just a few family members and friends.
The family had been torn between following the MP's last wish of cremation or the traditional way of burying a loved one.
