Weddings are moments where friends and family gather to witness a happy couple's formal union and the beginning of exploring the happily-ever-after fantasy.
A couple in 1963, sought to add some flavour to a then-fledgeling wedding cliché where a couple is ferried in sleek cars or chariots pulled by majestic stallions, amid cheers and waves, to their honeymoon.
The groom was a prominent politician, Joseph P. Mathenge, and his bride Anastacia Wangari who worked at the office of Kenya's first Prime Minister.
The two wedded in a catholic cathedral and later had their reception at Outspan Hotel before their memorable send-off which involved a thrilling ride on a tamed zebra.
Mathenge the leader of government business in the Senate, then referred to as the upper house.
The former lawmaker was also a former Mau Mau detainee who helped fight for Kenya's Independence.
In 1966, the former freedom fighter became the first Member of Parliament for Othaya Constituency, in today's Nyeri County, where former President Mwai Kibaki took over in 1974.
Even more intriguing is the fact that Wangari, Mathenge's wife was the then personal secretary of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, who was a Prime Minister at the time.
To customarily claim his bride, Mathenge had to part with 100 goats, paid to Wangari's father as bride price.
