Joyce kiria kitchen party zambia

By JOYCE JERE  – “I AM getting married in December so I have included you in my kitchen party committee, first meeting is this Sunday and my budget is K30,000,” read a text message on my phone.
“Ok, congratulations but I will not be available this Sunday as I will be going out of town for work,” I responded.
Two weeks later, I received another text message with an update on the kitchen party proceedings which read: “It was agreed that the committee for friends and workmates would pay K1,000 as contribution towards the kitchen party.”
I asked my workmate how much she and her husband to-be had set aside for the same, she just laughed.
Immediately my interest shifted to know how many people were in this committee and how many committees this kitchen party was going to have.
I learnt that my workmate had organised three committees – the groom’s relatives, her relatives and her friends and workmates.
The groom’s relatives and her relatives were to pay anything between K5