Do a mbuzi eating party and invite people who you think are capable of helping a brother out I hear now a days they are called cocktail party.

A wedding without involving your close relative is very strenuous and boring. I watch those Samantha bridal show and although the wedding looks flashy it lacks the the fire and excitement.

If you are a member of the church involve it too.you will be amazed how the church lessen most of the load that come with wedding preparations.

And finally remember the wedding is always about the wife to be , so in most cases opinion of man is rarely considered.

I will be wedding this october first week, the preparations has been very enjoyable, the planning stred in jan this year by doing first visit to my gf place, then second visit sometimes in match after that we have been doing preparions with friends, ours is nota big a wedding we have paid about 80% of all providers and it now abt kshs 624k our guests will be 250 only and its a cad only wedding meaning no card no showing up... talk with your gf and plan together she must be having great ideas mine wife to be had.. and the process has been really sweat, have never enjoyed a project in my life like have enjoyed this wedding preparations...

NB I have a committee of 15 friends they play majpr part in identifying the providers and genrealmplanning, my gf and I do most things and we also pay.. friends can give whatever amount they feel like, but remeber we have not budgeted with their money... Good luck Kijana...

the final figure will come to 780k if not more, with that in mind describe a big wedding if this is not one

@Nyaca$h;
Congrats!

You have a year to plan.

My advise:
1] Don't plan a wedding you cannot afford!
2] Spend at least as much on your honeymoon as you will spend on the wedding.
3] Don't look at what others are doing. Talk with your partner, compare your dream wedding with what you can afford.

i second u kingfisher hiyo mbesha invest ikusaidie

Ksh800k! Kwani you are selling the wedding afterwards?
Imho, any wedding that costs more than Ksh300k for raia is stupidity...

a) You have justed started a blue collar job
b) Your wife to be is in part-time employment
c) Your wife to be does not want a pre-wedding
d) You plan to fund wedding from your savings

Either you have a very well paying job or you are setting yourself up for a very tough wedding!

There is a friend of mine who used kitu 300/- for a wedding though this one was in shags.

The Pastor + 2 witnesses + couple = 5 people

Thereafter kila mtu went his way. They live happily as far as i can observe

450-500 people for a wedding!!!???

If people say to you, "And you did not invite me to your wedding!" they do not necessarily hate you.

After 1 year probably less than 5% of the people who came to your wedding will remember it.

In terms of importance; if a wedding is the size of Migingo island a marriage is the size of the Continent of Africa. On top of love and understanding marriages also need money to run smoothly. The first days of a marriage are expensive. Unlike a wedding you can't fundraise for a marriage.

Your wife will always expect you to have money. "Honey, don't you remember we used all we had for the wedding." is an excuse that will not fly.

You must always have a little more money than your wife thinks you have.

At critical times Women are very intolerant of lack of money.

Think of it this way now that Wazuarians love aviation; Money is jetfuel, Wedding is takeoff and marriage is the flight. Do you want to get a perfect liftoff only to run out of fuel to complete the flight?

word of caution..

Never use money you do NOT have to impress people you do not even care about..they eat and leave..you pay.. finances have a way to subdue the strongest of love..

spend only what YOU CAN AFFORD!

seriously..

being a church/music minister, and of age..and all my friends getting married..i sadly realise..we have the same circle of friends and fundraisng means forking out money atleast ten times.. and expecting them to folk out for mine too.. There just HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY! seriously.
don't burden your friends by forcing commitment to give you cash.