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Governor calls for flat rate in bride price

Tharaka-Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki (Left): (PHOTO: FILE)

Tharaka-Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki has asked Njuri Ncheke elders to come up with a flat rate bride price for the Ameru community girls regardless of their level of education.

Speaking during an event in Chuka town, the county boss said some parents were demanding for too much money arguing that their daughters are graduates making it impossible for most of the young men to marry.

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