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Woman Under Pressure To Wed, Decides To Marry Herself

Ugandan Woman Under Pressure To Wed, Decides To Marry Herself

Nessa Shera
By Nessa Shera
Oct 09 2018
Ugandan Woman Under Pressure To Wed, Decides To Marry Herself
IMAGE: DAILY MIRROR

The struggle is real out there.

Lulu Jemimah, 32,  a Ugandan student, who is pursuing a Masters Degree at Oxford University in the UK, got married married to herself in Kampala at Que Pasa, a bar and restaurant in Kisementi.
wedding-herself
IMAGE: CHIMPREPORTS
She did this after she got tired of her family constantly pressuring her to marry. The whole wedding cost her Kshs 200 (£2), which was the taxi ride to her event. She told Daily Mail;
“I have a strong passion in life and I am committed to achieving my goals at becoming an academic.But all my family wanted to ask me was when I planned to get married – which is very important back in Uganda – followed by when I would be having children and starting a family.My father wrote my wedding speech when I turned 16. Every birthday my mother prayed for me and in recent years this has included a plea for a good husband.But I just didn’t want to think about walking up the aisle. It’s not the thing which keeps me up at night”
marry-her
IMAGE: MATOOKE REPUBLIC
Several of her friends showed up for the ‘wedding’ where a friend acting as a vicar helped her stage a mock exchanging of vows with herself. “I was extremely happy,” she admitted.

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