I CHOOSE YOU

 

I had two day long wedding in Tana River starting with a ceremony and ending with a party. Timna and Elisha’s intimate jungle chic wedding at Ngao AIC was the perfect combination of elegance and a good time.

 

I met Elisha in 2015 in Nairobi, I remember the day like yesterday. That day definitely goes down as the best days of my life, because I got to meet my soul mate. After brief introductions, I was eager to know him more and I guess it was mutual because he asked me out on more dates and a few days later he asked me to be his girlfriend. The joy is untold. My live for Elisha isn’t just vast, but also very deep. He proposed on 19^th March 2017 in Watamu and I said yes. We had our traditional wedding on 21^st December 2019 and had scheduled our wedding for 11^th April 2020 and then boom…the pandemic. The first case of coronavirus disease was confirmed in Kenya by The Ministry of Health in Nairobi on the 12^th March 2020. The cases continued to increase causing all public gatherings including weddings to be banned by the government. So we had to postpone our wedding till further notice.

 

When things started opening up we scheduled for another date, 21^st November 2021, and surely God made it beautiful. It’s true what they say, that God’s time is the best. "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has even put eternity in their heart; yet mankind will never find out the work that the true God has made from start to finish." Ecclesiastes 3:11

... And suddenly all the love songs were about me.

 

Wedding invitation card:

Still crushing on My unique wedding invitation cards,

Elegant gold foil, imprinted scroll invitation, boxed embossed...

Hope you have your received your invitation card...

Coz 21st November 2020 is our wedding day

AND THEN THE E-CARD

 

AND THEN THE INVITATION VIDEO

 

 bridal shower/robe bridal party

Before the wedding we had a bridal shower and a robe bridal party at the ocean beach resort

On that fateful day I was showered with wishes for a lifetime of happiness and love...

 

Timna’s simple but chic details for the day.

 

The wedding ring for the day was so glamorous. It desired it’s own spotlight on the blog.

 

 

Details maketh the man… and telling by Elisha’s details, he was a simple, and stylish gentleman. Definitely my type.

 

The theme colour

she was yellow, he blue and their love red, they united to make a shade of maroon... Burgundy burgundy burgundy

the theme was burgundy and peach

 

take me to church

 

walking down the isle

On that fateful day, I stepped slowly down the aisle into the journey of my new life... Henceforth, call me Mrs. Timna.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 signing the certificate

i made a beautiful bride

The wedding crew

 

ushers

my family stood by me 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The entertainment

 

It's a good day to look back on some even better days...

 

These kids were amazing on 21st November

 

 

short poem from the bride

This day 21st November 2020

This day I married my best friend

the one I laugh with as we share life’s wondrous zest,

as we find new enjoyments and experience all that’s best.

the one I live for because the world seems brighter

as our happy times are better and our burdens feel much lighter.

the one I love with every fiber of my soul.

We used to feel vaguely incomplete, now together we are whole.

 

      cheers to a new beginning

 

Sunday 22^nd November 2020, the homecoming ceremony

after our wedding ceremony on Saturday, we had what is called a Homecoming on sunday which is like another wedding reception. The Homecoming is given by the groom’s family, and signifies that the groom is “bringing home” a new bride. It’s a wachakone wedding tradition and another huge celebration with lots of dancing, drinking, eating and socializing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would love to leave you with beautiful photos of us.

 

God is the ultimate and perfect match maker, who is like him, who can compare to him. To him alone be glory, honour and praise.

 

Allow me friends to eave you with the words of Isaiah 34:16 that I love very much, especially for those still waiting on God, “Look in the scroll of the LORD and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate. For it is his mouth that has given the order, and his Spirit will gather them together.”

 

 

Ceremony: NGAO AIC CHURCH

Reception: Mwembe Resort Malindi

Bridal gown: Liana Bridal

Bridal robes: B designs

Bridal fan: Za Africa

Grooms outfit: waridi fashions

Maids outfits: waridi fashions

Groomsmen outfit: waridi fashions

Photography: ianem creations media and e-peaks photography

Videography: Ianem creations media

Makeup artist: kakey makeup

Hair stylist: Irene tuvi

Cake: jane mbolozi

Décor: angel shark

Entertainment/dj: nicky fondo

Mc: Hilton bungulu

SUMMARY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020 (BBI)

 

The  Building Bridges Initiative was started on the 9th day of March 2018 after president Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, decided to shake hands and unite the country that was at the brink of war.  What is now commonly referred to as the Handshake in Kenya.

They thereafter jointly formed a team of individuals who held public participation forums across the 47 counties in Kenya to collect views on what changes Kenyans would want.

The BBI team collected recommendations from 7,000 Kenyans and compiled them in what is now the BBI Report that was released on Wednesday, 27th November 2019 to the public for further discussion.

Depending on the response from the public after reading the BBI report, Kenyan might have a referendum to amend the 2010 constitution resulting in change of government structure.

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS

Nomination of Members of the national assembly and county assemblies

 The Bill proposes that candidates to be nominated from a party list for seats in the National Assembly and county assemblies shall be allotted on the basis of the total votes received by their political party as opposed to the current practice where such allocation is based on seats won by a political party.

 

Clause 45of the Bill proposes to amend Article 177 (Membership of county assembly) to change the nomination of candidates from being based on seats won to being based on the votes received by a political party in an election.

 

Executive to be represented in the National Assembly and establishment of the office of the leader official opposition and office of the prime minister

The Bill proposed that the Executive will be represented in the National Assembly by the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, Cabinet Ministers Deputy Ministers and the Attorney-General. The office of the Leader of the Official Opposition is established. The existing disqualifications for the members of the county assemblies from being qualified to be elected as members of Parliament are removed.

 

The Prime Minister is to be nominated by the President from among the elected Members of the National Assembly from a political party having a majority of Members in the National Assembly through a stipulated procedure. 

 

Enhancing devolution

·         Clause 12 of the Bill proposes to amend Article 96 (Role of the Senate) to enhance the oversight role of the Senate on matters relating to all county revenues and their expenditures. The existing provision only mandates the Senate with oversight role on the national revenue allocated to the county governments and does not expressly extend such mandate to counties’ own source of revenue and borrowings and their expenditures.

 

Increase of constituencies and members of the national assembly

Clause 13of the Bill proposes to amend Article 97 (Membership of the National Assembly)to increase the number of the members of the National Assembly elected from constituencies from the current 290 members to 360 members. This is a consequence of the proposed increase in the number of constituencies.

 

Further, this amendment proposes to include the Leader of the Official Opposition, the Cabinet Ministers who are not members of the National Assembly and the Attorney General as members of the National Assembly.

Further, the amendment provides for the nomination of persons with disabilities and the youth to the National Assembly. Lastly, special top up seats are created to ensure the gender principle is actualized. However, in filling of the special top up seats, it is provided that a first priority in the nomination shall be given to candidates who contested for the constituency seats and were not elected.

 

Scrapping off of the position of women representative and creation of position of women senators

It is proposed for the Senate to have ninety-four members, each county represented by a woman and a man elected by voters in the counties. The position of women rep has been scrapped off.

 

Creation of the position of the Leader of Official Opposition.

It is proposed the Leader of Official Opposition shall be the person who received the second greatest number of votes in a presidential election and whose political party or coalition of parties has at least twenty-five per cent of the members of the National Assembly.

 

Broadening the executive structure

The Bill seeks to amend Chapter Nine of the Constitution on the Executive to broaden the executive structure to achieve inclusivity, cohesiveness, and unity for the benefit of the people. This Chapter introduces the office of the Prime Minister and two Deputy Prime Ministers, with leadership roles in the executive and Parliament. It also provides that Cabinet Ministers may be appointed from among members of the National Assembly.

 

Female deputy governor

Clause 47of the Bill proposes to amend Article 180 (Election of county governor and deputy county governor) to enhance gender parity in the governance of counties by providing for the candidate of the county governor, in nominating a deputy governor, to consider a person of the opposite gender.

 

Equitable share and other financial laws

Clause 50 of the Bill proposes to amend Article 203 (Equitable share and other financial laws) to ensure the average amount of money allocated per person to a county with highest allocation does not exceed three times the average amount per person allocated to a county with the lowest allocation. It further increases the percentage of funds allocated to county governments from fifteen to thirty-five to strengthen devolution and ensure that county governments have adequate funds to carry out their operations

 

Clause 54 of the Bill proposes to insert new Article207A (Ward Development Fund) into the Constitution to establish the Ward Development Fund. The Ward Development Fund shall comprise of at least five per cent of all the county government's revenue in each financial year and ensures equitable distribution and development in the wards of money allocated or collected by the county government.

 Conclusion

BBI being an initiative that seeks to cure political issues that have faced the country since independence, it is expected that three political groups will emerge. Those that support BBI, those that reject BBI and those that have no interest in it. As it stands, Raila Odinga’s party ODM seems to be fully in support of the BBI while jubilee party is divided between two groups: Deputy president William Ruto’s supporters identified as  “Tanga Tanga” that started opposing BBI before it was released and president Uhuru Kenyatta’s supporters identified as “Kieleweke” that are in support of the BBI referendum.