 There was evidence that he belonged to a clan association whose aims were to repatriate the bodies of clan members to their home district and organise their funerals there.The evidence that he had attended traditional funerals and participated in their rites and inherited land according to customary law also contradicted the assertion that he had severed all connection with his clan and tribe.However, the judgement noted that the case was not about the administration of Otieno’s estate, which was governed by a statute on succession, not customary law.