Wambui Otieno

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Virginia Wambui Otieno Is a domestic house hold name in East and Central Africa, a region where Women rights always come second In a complex society still crucified by the antagonism between western and native cultures, In three distinct and conspicuous concurrencies, Wambui has exposed and revolutionized the fragility vested in the trinity between religion, the contemporary law and the customary laws and religions in the definition of marriage and family. Wambui waiyaki a kikuyu by tribe hit the arena in the early 60s when she jumped over culture and married a Luo man Otieno. Inter tribal marriages are common in the region. but some cultural stereo tapes make it almost an abomination between others Hers was among the very rare ones. She went for a Christian church wedding and they lead a Christian life. Her prominence was blown out during the landmark legal tussle over her husbands’ burial place in 1987. A complicated crush between Christianity a nuclear family will and Traditional practices, saw the Contemporary law of the land see her lose her husbands remain to his husbands clan. The hearing took long and the ruling set precedence. The locals still view the ruling with mixed opinions and has continued to trigger debates since then Scholars claim its just a matter of time before the ruling is tested as more and more women become empowered. Wambui a relatively wealthy urbanite awoke the society again. she jumped over the traditon of silence and re-married in 2003. The controversial wedding between a 67-year-old woman and a 25-year-old stone mason Mbugua Threatened to tear apart a prominent family and tested the position of Kenya's churches on marriage. like her 1st marriage, this one too was objected and condemned by both families. The marriage came with a disaster as the husbands’ mother 14yrs younger than Wambui died a few weeks after It also triggered protests in an ongoing constitutional amendments forum in the city before it became a topic of discussion.