Matchmaking gone wrong: Take aways from Zakayo and Riggy G's short 'marriage'

President William Ruto and former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

It may appear that it is not a good idea to allow other people to choose a partner for you, if the Ruto-Gachagua relationship is anything to go by. Our ancestors used to rely on relatives and friends to recommend suitors and such marriages usually worked because the match makers knew what qualities to look for. If one was a night runner, then they certainly helped you to get a partner from a family of night runners. But sometimes when we are desperate, we settle for anything and anyone.