This year marked the beginning of a new chapter in the lives of high-profile media personalities and lawmakers who tied the knot at different stages.
The biggest announcement involved the wedding of members of Parliament Eric Wamumbi and Betty Maina where Rigathi Gachagua was listed as a dowry negotiator.
Other big weddings of the year included those of news anchors Ayub Abdikadir and Hassan Mugambi.
Here are five famous personalities who tied the knot this year.
- Ayub Abdikadir
Ayub Abdikadir, a rising star at Citizen TV, wedded his longtime lover Dil Hassan Ali, at a lavish event held at a hotel along Mombasa Road in September this year.
The event was attended by National Assembly Majority whip Sylvanus Osoro and a host of Citizen TV journalists including Managing Editor Linus Kaikai, news anchors Trevor Ombija and Rashid Abdalla, and crime reporter Hassan Mugambi.
The wedding was an invite-only event.
Faisal Ahmed (Citizen TV journalist), Ombija, Osoro, and Mugambi posed for a few snapshots with the groom all dressed in white robes.
The Citizen TV morning show host rose to prominence during the 2022 general election due to his coverage and the tough questions he asked the then Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson Wafula Chebukati.
- Hassan Mugambi
In June, News anchor Hassan Mugambi decided to step up and tie the knot with his longtime lover at a colourful Islamic ceremony.
The crime reporter was photographed wearing Islamic wedding attire, including a navy blue kanzu with a matching headwrap.
Mugambi was accompanied by his colleagues, including Swahili anchor Rashid Abdalla and fast-rising political journalist, Ayub Abdikadir. South Mugirango member of parliament, Sylvanus Osoro, also graced the wedding.
Mugambi was recorded humming Islamic songs inside a flashy matatu which he rode to the venue.
- Linet Toto
A few months after clinching the Bomet Woman Representative seat, Linet 'Toto' Chepkorir tied the knot in February on Valentine's Day.
Emmanuel Lemiso, a family friend, confirmed that Toto got engaged to Godfrey Kimutai in a private ceremony at the Sarova Panafric Hotel in Nairobi.
"The ceremony was private, and she said yes. The two have been in a relationship for a while and this culminated in the engagement," Lemiso intimated.
The Woman Representative later shared images of the engagement, confirming that she was officially off the market.
- Eric Wamumbi and Betty Maina
Mathira Member of Parliament Eric Wamumbi wedded his colleague and Muranga Woman Representative Betty Maina this year.
The love between the two was brewed inside Parliament resulting in the marriage.
Earlier, during their dowry negotiations at Maina’s rural home in Murang’a County, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was the lead dowry negotiator.
Wamumbi is Gachagua's home MP and his immediate successor in Parliament.
