CONSULTANCY TO DOCUMENT IMPACT OF LUO CULTURE ON WOMEN’S LAND, PROPERTY AND INHERITANCE RIGHTS IN KENYA
KELIN invites applications from competent institutions or individuals to conduct an in depth research on “The impact of Luo culture on women’s land, property and inheritance rights in Kenya”. 1.0 BACKGROUND Despite the legal and cultural provision on land and property rights for women and girls, only 1% of women in Kenya hold land in their names, the other 5% of the women population hold the titles jointly with a man. Ironically, women constitute a majority of human resources to support subsistence agriculture. Concerning cash crop production, women also provide 70% of the workforce. Although they are the backbone of the workforce, women still have a negligible percentage of land titles. The basis of this pithy disparity is attributed to discriminative customs where women are excluded from inheritance of their parents’ property. Kenya has made huge gains on legislative frameworks that abhor discrimination, yet the right holders still waive their inheritance rights in allegiance to...