MP wants payment of dowry using cows swapped with lesos, cooking oil

A suitor unveils a bride covered in lesos during a Ruracio ceremony in Kericho County. [Courtesy, Facebook]

A member of parliament has initiated a conversation discouraging the payment of dowry using a herd of cattle as the norm in some communities.

Soy constituency MP David Kiplagat argues that some communities demand up to 90 cows from young men who are still trying to make ends meet.