A kenyan couple who did not let a tragic incident stop their wedding plans went on to have one in the most unusual place for a marriage ceremony.
Miriam Gakenia, 31, and her fiance James Mwangi, 27, had gone to buy wedding items but were injured in a road accident at Kiangwachi area along Nyeri-Nairobi highway on Tuesday, December 15.
Their wedding was to take place at Dominion Towers Deliverance Church Saturday December 19.
Gakenia suffered a right hip joint injury and a broken right arm while Mwangi’s right hand was injured. He had been treated and discharged but she could neither sit nor stand. The couple exchanged their vows at Outspan hospital today, with nurses as her bridesmaids.
“The wedding had to go on. We had prepared for six months. The devil was not going to get in the way. She would have become my wife even if she had lost her legs,” Mwangi explained.
Gakenia said from her hospital bed: “I informed my doctor of the wedding and told him we were not ready to postpone it.”
She said the hospital agreed to hold the wedding on its grounds. Nurses and matron Jane Wamucii escorted her to the location on her bed.
Gakenia and Mwangi had difficulties putting on their wedding rings as their hands were in casts. It was also difficult for them to sign their marriage certificate and to share their wedding cake, but these paled in comparison to the exchange of vows at the emotional ceremony.
The couple did not have a photo shoot after the wedding but was taken to a private room at the hospital where Mwangi sat by Gakenia’s bed for hours.