 The case involved the tension between customary law and common law in modern-day Kenya in the case of an inter-tribal union.The various legal hearings this case stretched over more than five months and the final verdict suggested that a Kenyan African was presumed to adhere to the customs of the tribe they were born into unless they clearly and unequivocally broke all contact with it.As Otieno retained some rather tenuous links with his clan, it was awarded the right to bury him, ignoring Wambui’s wishes.