IF Sr. had taken SADO to Kenya and entered into a Muslim plural marriage it might have been legal under UK Kenyan colonial law,
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do we know for sure he and they didnt do so ???
Circumstantial evidence that Sr. did NOT enter into a Muslim marriage in Kenya that would be recognized in Kenya:
1. There is a marriage index for the couple in HI (undated) but it could be easily corrupted.
2. The INS FOIA documents in April 1961 have U of H officials reporting to INS that Sr. was married on Feb 2, 1961 to a co-ed that he had gotten pregnant and the INS suspects bigamy due to Sr.’s known Kenyan wife.
3. Sr. was never claimed to be a Muslim and went to a Christian Anglican school that excluded Muslims. He worked as an office secretary for a Christian missionary lady who helped fund his US education. Sr.’s third “wife” was Jewish and raised Sr.’s sons by her as Jewish.
4. Sr.’s first UK colonial Kenyan marriage was tribal, not Muslim. From my cursory non-expert reading of the 1903 Kenyan Marriage Act Muslim and tribal polygamy would only be recognized within those traditions for all multiple marriages of a man.
5. Sr.’s Kenyan tribal wife, a legally recognized marriage in colonial Kenya, appears to have considered Sr. to be a bigamist (Daily Mail reporter tells Kezia’s side of the story and frames it that way with Kezia as the only source).
6. Sr. completed a semester at U of H in the winter and spring of 1961 not appearing to go to Kenya and in on record appearing in INS offices making statements.
7. SADO’s whereabouts are unrecorded from Feb 2 to late August 1961. In late August 1961 Sr. tells INS that his baby BO II was born Aug 4 in Honolulu. However, Sr. is a pathological liar whose statements must all be corroborated.