A small African community is determined to make a big splash in Upper Hutt with a festival celebrating their food, dances and clothes. Coordinator of the Luo community Jude Opira Bidong is one of more ...

Raila Odinga’s resurfaced video on Luo origins revives debate over Sin Akuru Kuku Lubanga, Podho, Nilotic ancestry and ...

Ramogi Professional Caucus members led by Chairman Joshua Odhiambo Nyamori addressing the media in Nairobi on November 21, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] A section of Luo community intellects has ...

Late ODM leader Raila Odinga and Luo council of elder chairman Odungi Randa at the opening of Piny Luo Festival in Migwena Siaya. [Michael Mute, Standard] The chairman of the Luo Council of Elders, ...

The Luo tribe living around Lake Victoria in Kenya has for hundreds of years observed the custom of widow inheritance. The younger brother of the dead man inherits the widow and provides her with ...

Elders from Kenya's Luo community in western Kenya have refused to endorse a plan to promote male circumcision to curb the spread of HIV/Aids. The Luo Council of Elders says it cannot sanction ...

• They said the region has been in the past deprived of development by past regimes for being in the opposition for decades.

Oburu Odinga emphasized that the political dynamic has shifted and the community is now part of a government that invited them, giving them a stronger footing at the national negotiating table. “We ...

Nairobi — The recently crowned king of the Luo, Ker Riaga Ogalo last week granted The Standard his first interview since his installation. Mzee Riaga the link between the Luo now and is their past.

Kisumu — A debate over Kenya's proposed nuclear energy programme has taken a new turn after the Ramogi Professional Caucus (RPC) called for greater transparency from groups claiming to speak on behalf ...