Man Gets Arrested For Visiting In-Laws Without Bride Price
Maikut, the groom
Drama ensued after a man presumed to be in his 60s was thrown in jail for visiting his in-laws without bringing bride price.
Maikut Samuel, a resident of Kitawoi Sub-county in Kween District is said to have arrived empty handed at Chebet Violet, his wife-to-be’s home on Saturday for an introduction ceremony at 5:30 PM
Mr. Ngania Christopher, the father of the bride revealed that they had earlier discussed that they hold a giveaway ceremony, consisting of both the introduction and the wedding as a form of saving resources but the groom refused.
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“We had agreed to have the function on December 2. We invited him on November 30 and advised him to do one function. He came, but insisted that the two ceremonies would stand,” he said.
In preparation for the big event on Saturday, the bride’s family slaughtered a bull but they were disappointed at the turn out of the events.
“…we over waited for our visitors and allowed members of the community to eat food. Interestingly, two ladies arrived at the venue at 5pm and informed us that the gentleman was coming. He arrived 20 minutes later,” he added.’
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When the groom together with his team showed up empty handed contrary to what they had discussed.
“We agreed that the groom and his team would come with four cows and three goats, among other things, but the man came without anything,” he said.
The community being disappointed with their yet to be son in law, they started causing chaos, prompting Mr. Ngania to involve the police who whisked him away to the station.
In an interview with a local radio station, the apologetic Maikut revealed he had been let down by the team he had put in charge of the ceremony.
He also took responsibility of the mess he could have caused to upset his bride’s family.
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“I am sorry for what happened, but I am ready to discuss issues of compensation for the losses involved in the function,” he stated.
Besides the agreed dowry, Maikut was to pay money amounting to Shs150,000 for the mother-in-law and Shs200,000 for the clan as part of the negotiations which he didn’t fulfill.
Speaking to a journalist, Mr. Chebet Alfred, the leader of Kapsumbata Clan where Maikut comes from revealed that he was doing all the preparations on his own without involving his kinsmen.
“He was doing most of the things privately with his brother. But he told me that he had given out some items, including clothes to the in-laws, but not cows,” he said.
In a joint meeting held afterwards, both the bride and groom’s clansmen agreed that Maikut was to pay Shs. 3 Million as compensation for the preparations that had been done on the day of the ceremony which he agreed to pay by 30th December.
“We discussed and established that around Shs8 million had been used in the entire preparations. The meeting agreed that Maikut would pay Shs3 million out of the Shs8 million,” he said.
The meeting was attended by area local leaders, neighbours and representatives of both clans.
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