How and why have Kipsigis bridewealth amounts changed over the years?

What will be an ideal response?


These amounts have fluctuated as economic circumstances have changed. As land has become less available and agricultural produce less valuable, and as urbanization has increased and work opportunities opened, bridewealth costs have gone down.

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