- Melvine Nanjala Macheso, a mother of three from Kitale, told how she was abandoned by her boyfriend on their wedding day
- Nanjala met Moses on Facebook, where he expressed his desire to get married early in their conversation
- He convinced her to borrow money for the wedding expenses, claiming he was working on a loan that would cover everything
- By trusting him, he took many loans of KSh 148,000 to pay for the wedding preparations
- Relationship and family expert Jane Mugo told TUKO.co.ke that women should learn to love themselves before committing to any relationship.
A young woman from Kitale Trans Nzoia county has narrated his sad story of being abandoned by his lover on their wedding day.
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After luck bad in her previous relationship, Melvine Nanjala Macheso saw a new dawn in a man she met on Facebook.
Nanjala noted that the man who identified himself as Moses showed a need to calm down from the beginning of their conversation which attracted him.
“He sent me a friend request and sent me a message immediately, I accepted. He was sending me messages every day telling me that he was not looking for a girlfriend but a wife,” he said in an interview on Citizen TV.
How Melvine Nanjala met her boyfriend
To find out if he was faithful, the young woman, a mother of three, asked him to visit her and meet her pastor to tell him her desire to get married.
“I had not yet met him, so I spoke to my pastor who agreed to meet him. He came, we went to church together and later told my pastor that he wants to marry me and raise my two children,” he explained.
Two weeks later, Moses returned, bought drinks for the whole church, and gave the pastor and his wife KSh 2000, which he borrowed from Nanjala.
The mother of three explained that Moses' actions made everyone love him and envy him for getting rich.
“When he came back, he sent me pictures of the big house he was building for us. I was happy that I was marrying a rich man from the army. He began to rush our wedding, stating that he didn't mind a small ceremony as long as we moved in together,” he said.
Why did Melvine take a loan for her boyfriend?
The mother of three recounted that they dated for seven months, and Moses could visit her in Nairobi, where she was struggling, waiting for their wedding.
A few weeks before their wedding day, the groom-to-be asked Nanjala for a loan of KSh 10,000 to handle the loan that would be used to pay for the wedding expenses.
“He told me that he is applying for a loan to cover the wedding expenses and that it will take 24 hours to be released. He told me that he needed KSh 10,000 to apply for a loan and asked me to borrow where he would pay it back,” he noted.
Having trusted the man and was happy to be married, she borrowed the amount from her friend who worked in an Mpesa shop and promised to return the money to her within 24 hours as promised by her fiance'.
A day later, the man discovered that the loan application was unsuccessful and that an additional KSh 8,000 was needed to process it.
“I borrowed money again from someone else and sent it to him but he called me two days later saying the loan process was unsuccessful,” he said.
“As the loan process failed, he said he was desperate. He asked me to find the money for our wedding expenses, promising to pay every penny once his loan is processed,” he added.
Nanjala, who was beaten by the man, noted that she did not suspect any foul play and continued to take loans for her wedding preparations, including her gown, the venue they would use Kibera, food and other expenses.
Melvine was abandoned on her wedding day
In November 2023, the church was full of relatives and friends waiting to celebrate the union of a young woman and her husband.
However, the man had no show. He called her, saying they had no fuel, and she took out another loan from the church offerings to facilitate her travel.
“The church was full, I was ready, and everyone was there except him. I called repeatedly, and he picked up saying that there was no one to help him from work, but he was on his way to come. Time went by as he continued to encourage me that he was coming. By 5 p.m. I realized I was played,” he narrated.
When evening came, the wedding guests left one by one until the bride was left with the pastor, his wife and a few church leaders.
“I have lost my faith in marriage, I had high hopes in this after two others failed to leave me with two children. I can't do this anymore,” the distraught woman said.
“The first thing on my mind is the debts I accumulated, then my two-month pregnancy that I had not shared with anyone but him. I sat with my priest for three days thinking about how I will pay KSh 148,000 owed to me by the people,” he noted.
He also explained that he is still paying debts and is struggling to take care of his three children.
Nanjala appealed to Kenyans who are willing to help him clear the debts to contact him or send one through his phone number, 0797953116.
Is Melvine unlucky to find a man to marry her? – Expert opinion
Relationship and family expert Jane Mugo told TUKO.co.ke that sometimes people get into relationships to recover from emotional wounds that happened in previous relationships.
Melvine had two other failed marriages with two children and she is an orphan as these may be wounds she may have wanted to heal.
Mugo urged women to embrace learning to love themselves first before anyone else.
“He should have asked questions and not assumed something that doesn't exist. I can also blame the young man for not being in front of him, I would advise him to love himself first, self-love solves a lot. Let him focus on his life and his desires. Some man somewhere is waiting for such a woman,” he said.
A Nairobi woman pays for her dowry and finances her wedding
TUKO.co.ke earlier reported that a young woman painfully shared her affair and marriage with a Nairobi pastor.
Emma Amara was happy when her fiancé proposed to her even without a ring and was ready to pay her dowry.
However, he ended up paying her dowry while lending her the money with the promise of full repayment.
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