Will Benjamin be able to pay the bride price that Akinyi’s family is asking for? Pic credit: TLC Benjamin made his way to Kenya to meet Akinyi, the woman that he wants to marry. The problem is, if ...

That hallowed tribal custom, the bride price, is coming under fire. Africa’s young bachelors, caught between higher education and even higher inflation, are growing increasingly unhappy at the ancient ...

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favour from the Lord. Most of us are familiar with these words from the good book even though they leave it at that and don't tell us how and what it ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – A Pentecostal pastor in the western Kenyan town of Bahati triggered outrage over the past week by refusing to marry a young couple until they complied with his demand that they ...

As Kenya’s voter registration drive continues, leaders are proposing creative ways to encourage people to sign up, including having electoral officials set up facilities at weddings and funerals, and ...

HABASWEIN, Kenya (TrustLaw) - "It's done in the dark," said Fatuma Ahmed, squatting inside her makeshift stick shelter. "Some people sell their daughters at a tender age so they can get food. It's ...

Nairobi — In the span of a month I have attended two traditional marriage ceremonies for people I call brothers. One ceremony was in Western Kenya and the other in Central. Now, these are two ...