Women in Pokot cry foul over land injustices rooted in old traditions

In the heart of West Pokot County, where rugged hills stretch into the horizon and pastoralism defines daily life, tradition still holds a firm grip on the lives of women, especially when it comes to land inheritance.

Despite Kenya’s progressive 2010 Constitution, which guarantees equal rights to property for both men and women, women in the Pokot community continue to be denied the right to inherit land from their fathers and husbands.

Pokot women in their beaded traditional attire.
[Irissheel Shanzu]