Marry Kenyan women from these clans at your own risk

Do the reasons why some clans were no-go zones still hold water over 50 years after independence?

Marriage is supposed to be a beautiful thing. After all, the Good Book declares that ‘he who finds a wife, finds a good thing.’ But marital unions are not always rosy. Apparently, there are clans in Kenya whose women are a no-no for men seeking a happily-ever-after marriage. Women from some clans among the Kikuyu, for instance, are renowned ‘headaches,’ while other clans are famous for ‘fast and furious’ separations, even before the totos crawl. To convince a love-struck man of the dangers, an aunt in the know would draw his attention to the fact that even the girl’s grandmother ‘ran away’ 500 times during her marriage.

But do such traditional beliefs about tribal clans with ‘evil eye’ and others filled with ‘unmarriable’ women still hold water in the 21st century? Does the ‘mahewa generation’ do a background check on their potential spouses to find out whether they come from the right clans? Something else: even with the advancement in education and exposure, do the reasons why some clans were no-go zones still hold water over 50 years after independence? Well, you will be shocked to learn that nothing much has changed.