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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Top politicians from Kenya's Luo community have publicly admitted to getting circumcised as part of a campaign to tackle HIV/Aids. Unlike the Luhya, circumcision is not a rite of passage for the Luo ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency chair Odoyo Owidi said the Luo community in Mombasa has for a long time been used as ladders for other people to rise to prominence while they wallow ...

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.

A resurfaced video of Raila Odinga has revived debate over the Luo community’s origin story and ancient Nilotic traditions passed down through generations Raila narrated how British missionary ...

Kisumu — Outgoing Migori Governor Zachary Okoth Obado has rallied the Luo community to support the President- Elect William Ruto noting that he harbors no hatred for the community. Obado who was the ...