Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

#WLPRights

[Winny C @WcChepkwony]

@KELINKenya @oyumbo_caroline @ElderKalolo @jessicaoluoch2 @KLandalliance @GlobalFundWomen @AseroPatricia @Stand4HerLand @DevelopingNGOs @Lands_Kenya @PSYGKenya @OginaHillary @UCOBAC_ @AlexChamwada @RonaFoundation @Oxfam Widow champions have the role of being their sisters keeper,creating more awareneness and a monitoring mechanism that ensures other widows' rights and wellbeing are upheld .

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

@KELINKenya @jessicaoluoch2
#WLPRights

[Jessica Oluoch @jessicaoluoch2]

Retrogressive cultures limit widows access to property and this it’s very important to engage in social norms change to ensure protection of women land tenure @KELINKenya @WcChepkwony @KLandalliance @ElderKalolo #InternationalWidowsDay #WLPRights

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

Kelin has organised trainings on understanding the constitution in regards to the women land and property rights, marriage Act, succession steps, family mediation and policies safeguarding sexual offences against women @KELINKenya @jessicaoluoch2 #WLPR

[KELIN @KELINKenya]

Q4.
a). What training is given to the elders to equip them to conduct the mediations using a rights-based approach?

b). How many disinheritance cases have been settled so far?

#InternationalWidowsDay #WLPRights #KELINCares

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

@KELINKenya @jessicaoluoch2 @WcChepkwony @OginaHillary @KLandalliance @OxfamEAfrica @Stand4HerLand @Landesa_Global @NLC_Kenya @Lands_Kenya @Faridakaroney @KELINKenya @jessicaoluoch2
mediation trainings have been successfully organized by Kelin to the elders

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

@KELINKenya @jessicaoluoch2 @WcChepkwony @OginaHillary @KLandalliance @OxfamEAfrica @Stand4HerLand @Landesa_Global @NLC_Kenya @Lands_Kenya @Faridakaroney we have resettled over 300 families from mediation within Kisumu and Homabay counties and some of those who were disinherited have been constructed for homes.

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

@KELINKenya @jessicaoluoch2 @KLandalliance @PSYGKenya the luo culture allows the widow to be inherited if she wants to but within close relatives of the husband to secure their children a sense of belonging and when married elsewhere they would forfeit it.

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

retrogressive cultures will interpret the women property rights negatively because some people say that after the death of the husband, she might sell the property and get married elsewhere. some are accused of killing the husband

[KELIN @KELINKenya]

#InternationalWidowsDay #WLPRights #KELINCares

@jessicaoluoch2 @KLandalliance @PSYGKenya

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

@KELINKenya @WcChepkwony @jessicaoluoch2 @oyumbo_caroline @MalecheAllan @Kenyajudiciary @lawsocietykenya @KLandalliance @OginaHillary @Faridakaroney @NLC_Kenya @RonaFoundation @unwomenafrica @GLTNnews @cadamickenya @OxfamEAfrica @LinKROEGER the legal backing we use as elders is the marriage act and succession act which allows women access and use the property in the absence of the husband. e.g. in death

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

a woman upon marriage becomes a full participant in family affairs because she has left the parents to join the husband and the two now become one. so why should they be separated? upon death, she takes over fully

[Winny C @WcChepkwony]

@KELINKenya @ElderKalolo @oyumbo_caroline @jessicaoluoch2 @KLandalliance @fidakenya @Stand4HerLand @AseroPatricia @GLTNewsNow @GhettoRadio895 Besides widows being disinherited, some communities regard women as "children", when a husband dies, it is believed that they need a custodian, right there is when they loose all their property rights. #WLPRights #KELINcares

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

@jessicaoluoch2 @WcChepkwony @KELINKenya @oyumbo_caroline @KLandalliance @fidakenya @Stand4HerLand @AseroPatricia @GLTNewsNow @GhettoRadio895 widows are considered to have inadequate capacity to participate as full owners of the property but regarded as "keepers" of the property for their children @jessicaoluoch2 @WcChepkwony

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

@KELINKenya @oyumbo_caroline @jessicaoluoch2 @WcChepkwony @KLandalliance @fidakenya @Stand4HerLand @AseroPatricia @GLTNewsNow @GhettoRadio895 the rejection faced by the widows makes them lose their voice on community matters to the extent that they cannot participate with dignity as a fundamental human right in matters of the community

[Elder, Bishop Kasuku Kalolo @ElderKalolo]

@KELINKenya @oyumbo_caroline @jessicaoluoch2 @WcChepkwony @KLandalliance @fidakenya @Stand4HerLand @AseroPatricia @GLTNewsNow @GhettoRadio895 widows are denied of their rights to own property, sometimes forcefully inherited and rejected from their matrimonial homes including their children more so the boys because of greed for property

[KELIN @KELINKenya]

"The adulteration of culture is borrowed, evil & intended to take away property by men hungry for money from vulnerable widows. We do not accept this, the constitution doesn’t accept this, & it is against the human rights of widows" @ElderKalolo
@ntvkenya
#WLPRights #NewNormal

[KELIN @KELINKenya]

"There is no culture that forces a woman to have a partner by force. Our culture accepts a widow to take another marriage willingly. But when houses are demolished & widows & kids sent away, its unacceptable, ungodly, & we condemn it strongly" @ElderKalolo #WLPRights #NewNormal