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Turning the tables: Why Siaya man Odinga demanded dowry from father-in-law

Dominick Okello Odinga with his wife Christine Auma

A woman from Siaya County is at pains after her husband demanded back Sh10,000 and two cows paid as dowry to her parents.

Christine Auma Olero from Mundoware village in Gem married Dominick Okello Odinga in December 2014. To culturally cement the marriage, Odinga gave Christine’s ailing father, Olero, two cows and Sh10,000 as dowry.

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