For six months in 1986 and 1987 there seemed to be only one topic of conversation throughout Kenya – the legal and human intricacies of what initially seemed a minor dispute between a Kikuyu widow and her Luo husband’s clan over where he should be buried.
From the start deep feelings and strong emotions were clearly involved on both sides, and long before the final Appeal Court judgement, it was apparent that some critical issues were being articulated, however hesitantly and indirectly, affecting not only fundamental questions of Kenyan Law but also basic moral concepts in modern Kenya society. |