The Standard | Online Edition

Here is one way to do it. Maybe for the next kid...

The Standard | Online Edition: "Traditionally among some Luhya sub-tribes, a ‘trial and error’ method is sometimes applied: 'If an unnamed child cries incessantly, the people will call out different names and when the child stops crying when a certain name is mentioned, that particular name will be chosen for the child,' says Mercy Vitula. Continuous crying will mean a wrong name has been chosen. In such cases, the debate is settled through a cockfight. 'Two cocks are given the names in questions and the name of the winning cock is adopted,' says Vitula. If you have always wondered about the existence of what might be regarded as ‘funny’ names among some communities around Mt Kenya, this can be traced to their crazy naming process."