 Like other elite Kenyans, Otieno’s loyalty was to his nuclear family, and he generally disregarded possible obligations to his extended family and clan, although he remained a member of the clan association.He had little contact with his extended family and did not own a house or land in his home district, which he rarely visited except for family funerals.Wambui had even less contact with his family or clan as, even before Otieno’s death, his lineage refused to recognise their marriage as valid under Luo custom, considering it an affront to his family and clan.