Wedding called-off after bride requests for more time

Chalulot said attempts to salvage the situation through mediation did not bore any fruits and they were forced to send out a message to guests to call off all the plans.

"Last evening, we sent out messages calling off the event," he added.

The pastor who also acted as a chairman of the planning committee for the wedding said they started getting suspicious when the bride failed to send her copy of ID for processing of marriage certificate.

He said their attempts to pursue her for the documents failed until when she sent the message asking for more time.

"It became a toll order getting her documents and it later down to us that the bride had changed her mind," he added.

Chalulot said the family of the groom had met his partner their bargain in preparation for the wedding including paying part of the bride prize agreed.

"The family had paid the bride prize already and were willing to pay clear it after the wedding," he said.

Chalulot said all was not lost as negotiations had been started to reconcile the two parties and have the wedding proceed in future.

As the events unfolded, villagers at Kapsoyo were partying after the planning committee was forced to distribute milk that had been bought in readiness for the wedding party.

One of the planning committee members said they had to dispose of the milk to avoid going to waste.

"We made an order and paid for the milk early and it was delivered and we had no option but to distribute them to neighbours," said the committee members who did not want to be named.

A family member of the groom who spoke to The Standard said they were yet to get clear communication from the bride's family.