Slain Rongo University student Sharon Otieno's death remains the nation's most discussed topic, roughly a week after she was found dead in Kodera forest, Homabay County.
The issue has since taken a puzzling turn with her actual marital status remaining unknown, with her uncle Joshua Okong'o maintaining that she was married, a claim yet to be justified.
"I want everybody to know that Sharon was a married woman and she separated with her husband in January,” the uncle said as quoted by the Standard during a family meeting at her home in Magare village, Homabay on Sunday.
The remark, however, angered the remaining members, with Sharon's father Douglas Otieno being the most offended, proof that the issue remains a tough debate.
If it is true that she was indeed married and her husband shows up to take her body and is allowed to, then she will be buried on the right-hand side of her husband's house.
A woman, in the Luo culture, is laid to rest towards the side of the house where the bedroom is located, the right side in this context.
In an instance that she was not married, according to the Luo culture, then she will be put to rest on the left-hand side of her father's house in his home.
This is considered using the gate which is always right opposite the home and will be buried on your left hand as you approach the main house from the entrance.
And if she was indeed married but decided to come back home, then she will be considered 'Agweng' (the woman who remains at his father's home despite having been married) and be buried next to the fence.
This, according to my grandfather Onguko K'Owino, is because she had already left and cannot be allowed back to prevent curses.
Sharon's death came after reportedly being abducted outside Graca Hotel in Rongo, Migori County.
A probe to bring her killers to book is underway.
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