The Kikuyu dowry payment.
The kikuyu dowry payment is referred to as uthoni.
It is not a thing of one day.
It is done according to one’s ability.
That is why kikuyu people say muracia utatira.
Kikuyu dowry payment starts with Kumenya mucii.
This entails knowing where the girl comes from and expressing interest to start uthoni.
But, many people think kumenya mucii is about knowing the physical location of the girl home.
The fact is, it is not about Muranga, Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Meru, Embu, Nyandarua, and other places.
Kumenya mucii is accompanied by something in most occasion ksh5,000/= but it may vary.
Kikuyu dowry payment is not for the girl and the young man.
It is for parents from both sides.
Kikuyu dowry payment is about doing what the father of the girl did to the parents of the girl mother.
If the father of the girl has not done anything to the girl’s mother parents nothing should be done to him.
That sets the environment of kikuyu dowry negotiations and in fact there is no negotiations it is doing exactly what was done.
After kumenya mucii, there is kuhanda ithigi.
Ithigi is like a leaf. This is what the parents of the young man will be watering to keep it alive.
People who ‘plant’ ithigi and fail to water it (keep visiting the girl home) should know it can dry.
Kuhanda ithigi is around ksh7,000/= but it may vary.
After planting ithigi other things follow.
But, those who marry a girl without prior informing her parents and those who marry a girl who had a child at her parents home should know something.
There is a cost called cia uici paid by those who marry a girl and later go to inform her parents.
Cia uici can be around ksh5,000/=.
Mburi ya mururu is paid by those marrying a girl with a child born at parents’ home. This can cost around 10,000/= or more.
After that there are two goats called Mwati na Harika. The cost of each is from ksh7,000/= to ksh20,000/=.
Then, there is kuhoya Kiara. That is, a place where you will be taking the goats.
Kuhoya Kiara is around ksh10,000/=
What next? You cannot leave Kiara being empty you must leave it with some goats.
Oh, I almost forgot Soda for women and Njohi ya athuri (beer for men), both can be from around 6,000/=.
Keep checking here for more updates!!!
The kikuyu dowry payment is referred to as uthoni.
It is not a thing of one day.
It is done according to one’s ability.
That is why kikuyu people say muracia utatira.
Kikuyu dowry payment starts with Kumenya mucii.
This entails knowing where the girl comes from and expressing interest to start uthoni.
But, many people think kumenya mucii is about knowing the physical location of the girl home.
The fact is, it is not about Muranga, Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Meru, Embu, Nyandarua, and other places.
Kumenya mucii is accompanied by something in most occasion ksh5,000/= but it may vary.
Kikuyu dowry payment is not for the girl and the young man.
It is for parents from both sides.
Kikuyu dowry payment is about doing what the father of the girl did to the parents of the girl mother.
If the father of the girl has not done anything to the girl’s mother parents nothing should be done to him.
That sets the environment of kikuyu dowry negotiations and in fact there is no negotiations it is doing exactly what was done.
After kumenya mucii, there is kuhanda ithigi.
Ithigi is like a leaf. This is what the parents of the young man will be watering to keep it alive.
People who ‘plant’ ithigi and fail to water it (keep visiting the girl home) should know it can dry.
Kuhanda ithigi is around ksh7,000/= but it may vary.
After planting ithigi other things follow.
But, those who marry a girl without prior informing her parents and those who marry a girl who had a child at her parents home should know something.
There is a cost called cia uici paid by those who marry a girl and later go to inform her parents.
Cia uici can be around ksh5,000/=.
Mburi ya mururu is paid by those marrying a girl with a child born at parents’ home. This can cost around 10,000/= or more.
After that there are two goats called Mwati na Harika. The cost of each is from ksh7,000/= to ksh20,000/=.
Then, there is kuhoya Kiara. That is, a place where you will be taking the goats.
Kuhoya Kiara is around ksh10,000/=
What next? You cannot leave Kiara being empty you must leave it with some goats.
Oh, I almost forgot Soda for women and Njohi ya athuri (beer for men), both can be from around 6,000/=.
Keep checking here for more updates!!!
