Killing to marry 13 year old girls.

Cattle rustlers have turned out to be criminals in Turkana and Potot counties. These criminal elements are well known by the excuse for the raids. Sometimes they kill for fun and as a show or heroism back home. 

Once the warriors drive the stolen animals to the village their kinsmen welcome them with jubilation and ceremonies. A cleansing ceremony is conduced to cast away bad spirits then these warriors are rewarded with young women as young as 13 years old  for marriage especially those who showed their heroism in the battle field by killing more people.

A young girl goes at a price of about 100 cows depending on the back ground of the family. 

During the rituals the warriors who killed many people are identified and marks put on the chest and on the back as evidence of their bravery. They are considered the most respected kinsmen and the wealthiest class. One mark symbolizes a single life taken away meaning that the many marks you have the many people you have killed. 

Sometimes women of the fighters are inherited to the ritual ceremony and mark their bodies as a show of pride to other women whose men had hot found an opportunity raid and kill. 

This criminal activity as seen many lives lost in these two counties.

Location: Pokot, Pokot, Kenya