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The weekend after Valentine’s Day, invited guests, friends and family gathered at Kiamungo in Kirinyaga to witness the traditional engagement event between lovebirds Governor Anne Waiguru and city lawyer Kamotho Waiganjo. Dressed in African regalia, Waiguru shyly walked to her soon-to-be husband, with her gaze fixed on the ground. Kamotho had paid dowry, gone through the Kikuyu custom of paying for the locked gate to be opened, and identified her among women who had covered themselves to gauge his familiarity with his love.
“It was a beautiful ceremony. The time was right for us to take our relationship to the next level,” Kamotho told the Saturday Standard.
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