No show: Wedding stopped as bride’s family demands cow and calf

A cow and her calf. Catholic catechist were told to deliver dowry before being allowed to tie the knot. [Courtesy]

A wedding between a Catholic catechist and his would-be bride failed to take place after the woman's family demanded dowry.

The groom was literally abandoned at the altar, as the bride failed to turn up in church for the ceremony at at Chesogor Catholic Church in Uasin Gishu County.