{"id":13016,"date":"2019-07-18T12:55:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=13016"},"modified":"2019-07-19T14:59:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T11:59:53","slug":"using-family-members-as-wedding-planners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=13016","title":{"rendered":"Using family members as wedding planners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0By Maria Immaculate Owechi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organising a wedding ceremony single-handedly can tend to become overwhelming. That\u2019s why it is advised to consider delegating some responsibilities to close family and friends.<\/p>\n

There is also an option of hiring a wedding planner to assist in recommending service providers and supervising service delivery.<\/p>\n

On June 29, 2019, Jemimah Grace Musibika (26), a supervisor at Africell Contact Centre introduced Benon Grace Okurut (30), a sound technician with Osborn Ministry Churches in a lovely traditional ceremony at her parent\u2019s home in Mukono.<\/p>\n

Musibika shares that while organising her function, her family members took up most of the responsibilities and were dedicated to hiring and supervising service providers, which reduced stress levels.\"\"<\/p>\n

She adds that this helped a lot on cutting the budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance, my mother took charge of the decoration and other items that are needed for setting up the venue, an aunt handled the food service provider and a family friend offered his sound and music system at a subsidised fee,\u201d the bride explains.<\/p>\n

Their love story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musibika reveals that she first met Okurut in 2013 during her senior six vacation at a youth fellowship at Seeta Miracle Centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoyed the worship and the guitar skills displayed by Okurut, who also headed the youth band,\u201d she shares.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the epic performance, we were able to interact with each other and became good friends,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

Okurut says that with time he got attracted to Musibika\u2019s beauty, calmness and how she handled tough situations.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cThe following year when she joined campus at Kyambogo University, I asked her to be my girlfriend but she maintained we stay as friends,\u201d he shares.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was later in 2015 during my Internship at Butabika Hospital that I finally accepted,\u201d Musibika reveals, adding, \u201cI got attracted to his loving nature and patience towards me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two dated for five years until this year when they decided to formalise their relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkurut had always talked about us getting married right from campus but I always shied away from it, saying I am still young to settle down,\u201d she shares while beaming with a smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut since I am now done with studies and working, I did not hesitate to agree to the proposal,\u201d Musibika adds.<\/p>\n

In March 2019, Okurut paid a kukyala<\/em> visit to his fiancee\u2019s home in Mukono to discuss details of the bride price. In the company of seven people, he carried a few gifts like sacks of sugar, maize flour, a jerry can of cooking oil, meat and two crates of soda for his future in-laws.<\/p>\n

The kwanjula ceremony;<\/strong><\/p>\n

What was the bride price and which other gifts did you take?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okurut<\/strong>: I brought three cows, six goats and three chickens as bride price plus a certain amount of money as mutwalo<\/em>(bride price) requested by my father-in-law. The water tank and sofa sets were my mother-in-law\u2019s request. I added other gifts like home groceries, Gomesis, kanzus and suitcases for the Ssenga (The bride\u2019s aunt) and my bride. \"\"<\/p>\n

What was your budget?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okurut<\/strong>: I am not comfortable disclosing the budget details but family and friends contributed a lot to the function.<\/p>\n

How many people were part of your entourage?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okurut<\/strong>: I went with 50 people.<\/p>\n

What traditional attire did you wear?\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musibika<\/strong>: I wore two Gomesis during the function, an African dress for the cake cutting, and a Mushanana when giving my husband the Kabo k\u2019omuwala<\/em> (The bride\u2019s gift to the groom).<\/p>\n

The traditional outfits were brought from Namaganda Plaza on Luwum Street, Kampala while the African party was made by a tailor. They all amounted to Shs1 m.\"\"<\/p>\n

Where did you do your hair and make-up?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musibika<\/strong>: My mother is a hairdresser who owns a saloon in Mukono, so she offered to style my hair and I only had to buy the hair-piece.<\/p>\n

The Make-up was done at Shs300, 000 by a lady called Olivie Nankya, who owns Olives Bridals and Salon in Seeta.<\/p>\n

Did you have any fears on how the day will turn out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musibika<\/strong>: I had no fears or stress because my family members were very helpful and dedicated to the responsibilities they had taken up.<\/p>\n

My fear may be the nervousness I felt while coming out for the first time to meet my groom.<\/p>\n

Okurut<\/strong>: Towards the ceremony, I run short of funds which made me panic a bit but some family members came in to lend a hand.<\/p>\n

What did you enjoy during the ceremony?\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musibika<\/strong>: I enjoyed seeing my parents happy to witness my ceremony, the music and sound were on point and the drone camera excited my guests.<\/p>\n

Okurut<\/strong>: I was happy seeing my bride walking out looking gorgeous in her outfits.<\/p>\n

What advice do you give to those intending to get married?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musibika<\/strong>: If you plan early for the function it cuts down on the stress brought by last-minute things. They should also delegate some responsibilities to family and friends rather than doing everything alone.<\/p>\n

Okurut<\/strong>: It\u2019s important to plan for a ceremony that you can afford because there are various ways you can cut down on the budget. All you have to do is search on google to know-how.<\/p>\n

The two love birds will be walking down the aisle this year on 2nd<\/sup> of November. My Wedding Magazine congratulates the couple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0By Maria Immaculate Owechi Organising a wedding ceremony single-handedly can tend to become overwhelming. That\u2019s why it is advised to consider delegating some responsibilities to close family and friends. There is also an option of hiring a wedding planner to assist in recommending service providers and supervising service delivery. On June 29, 2019, Jemimah Grace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1784],"class_list":["post-13016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kwanjula"],"authors":[{"term_id":1784,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"weddingadmin","display_name":"weddingadmin","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd3996c46efafdc40969010bfd78c8e4dda9d99318e7dd6403983ea0dadbcfce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13016"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13032,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016\/revisions\/13032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13016"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=13016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}