– Maasai community living in Kilgoris have hiked the price of cattle ahead of the dowry that former US ambassador to Kenya Michael Rannebe...
– They are now selling one cow for KSh 40,000 from KSh 20,000
– Ranneberger married the Maasai girl named Ruth Konchella nearly ten years ago after divorcing the first wife
Former US ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger came to Kenya and won the heart of a Maasai village girl named Ruth Konchella
Ranneberger is expected to pay hundreds of cattle according to the Maasai culture.
The former US envoy says that the Maasai herders have increased the price of cows from KSh 20,000 to KSh 40,000 after they heard that he will be paying the dowry.
Former US ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger with the Maasai wife Ruth Konchella.
photo credit:Nation
The two have been married for over ten years. The envoy divorced with his wife and eventually proposed to a Maasai girl who later gave in for a hand in marriage
After settling on the dowry,the two are expected to fly to London for a holiday.Maasai culture dictates that any son-in-law marrying from the community,his relatives must first sleep in the woman’s homestead
Maasai culture dictates that any son-in-law marrying from the community his relatives must first sleep in the woman’s homestead
He says he decided to marry after leaving the limelight to avoid too much attention from the photojournalists.
Ranneberger served as the US ambassador to Kenya during the 2007/08 post-election violence where he criticised the government against corruption and extra-judicial killings.
