{"id":294352,"date":"2017-02-14T18:39:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T18:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=294352"},"modified":"2017-02-14T18:39:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T18:39:08","slug":"kenyan-couple-treated-to-lavish-ceremony-after-1-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=294352","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan couple treated to lavish ceremony after $1 wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A Kenyan couple who spent just $1 (\u00a30.80) on their wedding have renewed their vows in a lavish Valentine&#8217;s Day ceremony funded by well-wishers.<\/p>\n<p>News of their budget wedding last month went viral on social media and many Kenyans offered to help.<\/p>\n<p>At their first wedding, Wilson and Ann Mutura wore jeans and T-shirts and two steel circles served as rings.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya media estimated their second wedding party cost $35,000 at an upmarket venue in the capital, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s Peter Mwai in Nairobi says as the couple had already officially tied the knot, they exchanged new rings at the Valentine&#8217;s Day ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Our correspondent says some Kenyans online have been questioning why the organisers spent so much money on the party instead of supporting the couple financially.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Everyone needs that dream wedding&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Aaltonen Jumba, from Slique Events Planner Ltd &#8211; the main organiser of the event, said they had already been helped and this was about the romance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/12BE8\/production\/_93867767_kenya1.jpg\" alt=\"Wilson Mutura and his bride Ann\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wilson and Ann Mutura&#8217;s first wedding ceremony had no cake, flowers or decorations<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n<figure style=\"width: 567px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/9BAE\/production\/_94645893_car.jpg\" alt=\"The wedding car for Wilson and Ann Mutura\" width=\"567\" height=\"319\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This time they had a bridal car, flowers and entertainment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The couple have already been supported by others financially. Different people gave different things at different levels. They have been given a greenhouse farm, a honeymoon and have been promised money to start a business,&#8221; he told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since that has been taken care of, why not give them the wedding they never had. Everyone needs that dream wedding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Jumba said it was hard to say exactly how much was spent on the wedding ceremony as different service providers had contributed in kind and money had not changed hands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kenyan couple who spent just $1 (\u00a30.80) on their wedding have renewed their vows in a lavish Valentine&#8217;s Day ceremony funded by well-wishers. News of their budget wedding last month went viral on social media and many Kenyans offered to help. 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