This is where i say "Ihii ititumaguo uthoni" ....Simply said,the "uncircumspected" are not to be sent to dowry negotiations....Literally... and i do not mean any offence or disrespect pliz!......First,Gachie is almost in the middle of Nairobi.Why pray would you want to take goats to your in-laws who live in the city?Here,common sense should have prevailed.Second,the Agikuyu dowry laws allow for part payment and the rest can be done in instalments,thus 10 goats would have sufficed and the remaining 30 paid over a life time.Third and most important,estimates for goats given here are for those sourced from Kia-Maiko.....The Agikuyu (And i know it also happens to many other communities) have a different benchmark for pricing of "animals of blood" (Indo cia thakame).........At current a goat wouldn't be more than Kshs 1500.

And so it's easy.Kshs 60,000.00 was probably the asking price and an initial 15K would have been good enough......You blew it for your friend .

@essyk, be careful. As @Lolest says, some people made it a rip off scheme.
Did you know every trip to in-laws costs you something?
Let those who know the culture advice, but I think you can convert the 'goats' into cash.

This guy @Tebes looks like he's from my community.
I paid: 1 Bull, 1 Cow with calf (still suckling), 1 Heifer (ready for landing), 1 heifer (still pending ) and 1 sheep for her mother.

I see your 40 goats is approx the same as 'ours'.

Also you need to be smart here. Have you not heard people who borrow loans for this venture?
Do not tell your fiancee straight to the face that you cannot accept this, but find a smart way to win her sympathy and spend less.

@Robinhood when they play games, you threaten to take off because you don not have time to waste.

No no,LOL am a wanjiku.
I meant my commission from that figure would have paid my rent.


The whole party was from Bukusu and my friend called me on Monday after the 'weekend of ruracio'
Hata mimi If it weren't for my 'lorry friend I wouldn't have known.
The pic on my mind was of those lorries carrying goats from northern kenya with wolalos on top.

God knows how hard the guy laughed after I told him I needed a lorry to ferry goats for dowry to gachie.
Alinikemea tu.

Ouchhhh !!!!!

You guys don't know Bukunyes well then
I have lived among them and calling one a 'Kihii' is an insult of the highest degree.
The groom party didn't consist of 'ihiis'
They are fully grown ndurumes