It was a wedding like no other the villagers have ever witnessed.
Julius Kamau and his wife, Margaret Wamweru, woke up early on Monday morning and prepared to witness their son’s wedding.
Unfortunately, Julius and Margaret had to witness their first-born Kennedy Muriithi tie the knot with his fiancee Pauline Waithira on Facebook because of the unusual Covid-19 situation.
Flanked by over 20 relatives and neighbours, Julius, who is a rice farmer at Mutithi village quietly waited for the wedding to start, with a phone call from his son alerting him that the ceremony was live on Facebook.
When he received the much-awaited call, Julius smiled broadly and called the group gathered at his home that the ceremony was live.
The group attentively followed the proceedings on two laptops place a top a coffee table and connected to a stereo system.
But the savvy young followed the ceremony on their smartphones.
Immediately Kennedy and Pauline exchanged vows, the women in the small group at Julius’s home burst out shrieks of joy.
Speaking to K24 Digital, Julius said that the ceremony was fulfilling, adding that he was happy to see the day that he had been waiting had finally come.
Julius said they started planning the wedding since February but Government banning travel in and out of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area to stop the spread of Covid-19.
“I’m happy my son has finally got a wife. I wish them the best in their marriage,” Julius said.
Kennedy’s mother said, thanks to technology, they were able to follow everything on Facebook.
“I’m happy with the technology. We were able to follow all that was happening and we felt as if we were part of the congregation. I pray God to bless them,” Margaret said.
The invited guest also praised the technology for enabling them to watch the wedding even though it was held many kilometres away in Thika town.
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