 They also argued that Wambui was not his blood relation and that, not only were his sons were underage, but their Western education and mixed parentage meant that they had not been born and bred in the Luo traditions, so that none of them could contest the brother’s right to bury Otieno.The hearings in this in the Kenyan Courts in Nairobi began on 30 December 1986 and ended on 15 May 1987.The initial High Court action was Wambui’s successful request for a declaration that she was entitled to bury Otieno, and an injunction against clan members’ attempts to prevent this.