2:01 pm. My phone reads. The sun is scorching but we're all seated, patiently waiting. Waiting for that moment to arrive. A moment that most of the people here prepared very dearly for. It is evident that some of us don't really care about that moment. Some people are enjoying the choir that has been instructed to entertain the guests. They are dancing lazily because some of them are in our team. Some choir members are waiting for the same lunch we're waiting for. They are singing "mungu aibariki ndoa yenu". Ruth Chemutai & Abraham Kimutai's wedding that is taking place at #Salaba Academy, 20 shillings away from #Iten Town.
My brother - Abel - and I are scrolling through our phones. Someone watching us would think we are involved in the committee that planned this wedding. It looks like we're busy ensuring that everything is in place. We are not. We're keeping our minds occupied with the internet + Whatsapp texts so that our worms (we refer to them as inner colleagues) won't protest so much. My brother is chewing hungrily on Mr. Berry chewing gum so that he can confuse his inner colleagues even farther. I am busy taking pictures of the structure and designs of #Salaba Academy. It's an interesting view of the intelligence of the architect. Suddenly we are brought back to the events of the wedding when the MC says "... kakeeny' tany" - "they have slaughtered a bull".
Slaughtering a bull for any ceremony in the kalenjin land is considered the top most level of any kindness or prestige that has ever been witnessed. The decision to slaughter a bull for your wedding is a sign of kindness, hospitality, love, joy, peace and any fruit of the Holy Spirit that one can think of.
My brother is smiling. I know that he has already visualized the food.
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