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Drama as police stop wedding ceremony to arrest bridegroom in Garissa

GARISSA COUNTY: A colourful wedding in Garissa town was Sunday night thrown into confusion after the event was disrupted by banner-waving civil society activists accompanied by police officers.

The ceremony was proceeding as planned, before the activists alleging that the bride was a minor and a pupil at a local primary school stormed the hall, where happy family members from the bride and groom’s side were dancing to tunes of Somali weeding songs.

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