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You must 'know people' to eat well at a Kenyan wedding

There is no love lost between yours truly and weddings. I deliberately avoid them as much as I can. But once in a while, against my wishes, the girls in my household drag me to one so that they can see bibi harusi.

Last weekend, they convinced me to grace a wedding in my mtaa. Attending a wedding is a risky affair for men these days. Due to the current biting scarcity of husband materials, some smitten mama can grab you, march you to the officiating padre and before you know it, the man of God has already declared you man and wife.

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