Jomo’s jiko will cost the Kenyatta family 99 goats

Jomo holding hands with his fiance Fiona

A woman’s assent to a man’s request for a hand in marriage marks the beginning of a rigorous traditional rite in the Kikuyu community.

Before the man’s people set out to meet their would-be in-laws a thorough search of the girl‘s background to establish the clan and family she hails from is conducted secretly.