Football Bet Causes Man To Lose His Wife

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A man from Kahawa Wendani in Kiambu County, yesterday lost his bride-to-be after he gambled part of their wedding money.

Kenya News Agency (KNA) witnessed the incident at the bus terminus where the bride-to-be angrily boarded a matatu with her luggage as the groom-to-be beseeched her to come back and have a talk.

The lady, Ms. Brigitte Wanjira hurled insults at her husband-to-be Fredrick Savwa saying that he was foolish for daring to bet with their wedding money which was to be held on May 23, 2015.

She said that she could not marry a man who would not consult her before gambling with a whole Shs.50,000 in a mere game which he had no surety of winning.

She added that this was not the first time that he had wasted money while gambling because, in the previous month, he used their rent money making them dig deep into their pockets again to pay the rent.

In mitigation, Savwa said that he gambled with the wedding money as the odds of him winning the game were very high and he intended to return the money and top up the remaining wedding fund.

Some people at the bus terminus tried to help the man by convincing the lady not to leave, but she had made up her mind to leave and a confused and devastated Savwa was left standing in the rain.

A sympathetic resident Triza Nyambura told KNA that in her opinion, Ms. Wanjira had every reason to leave him as this was an issue affecting many women in the country as their spouses were even gambling with school fees and pinching the kitchen budget.

She added that many men had become addicted to betting in Sportpesa to make fast money and after one made the first win, he kept gambling regularly forgetting other obligations at hand.

Credits: KNA