It’s not yet clear whether 100 bob wedding influenced this decision but neighboring Somalia has taken a stern decision in regards to expensive weddings.
According to a report that first appeared on BBC, Administrators in Beled Hawa have placed a ban on lavish weddings because apparently young men in the region were finding it hard to find spouses. It has also led to an alarming number of children being born out of wedlock something that has compelled the administration to take action.
In that regard the area commissioner Mohamud Osman has set the new spending limits as ksh 60,000 for furnishing a couples new home and Ksh 15,000 for bride price. Receptions in big hotels have also been banned and so are mind boggling vehicle fleets, expensive rings, extravagant photography and what not.
And many Kenyans especially men have welcomed this decision just like they welcomed with the 100 bob wedding.
“A common vice witnessed is that people plan for the wedding and not the marriage. Nothing breaks my heart more than seeing people have a big wedding but the marriage disintegrates after a month” One Sammy told the Nation.
Do you think such a law should be instigated in Kenya?
