Today i had a conversation with my sister...Ahem!finally after a long time.It was so nice to talk to her,so we talked about everything from gossip about Beyonce giving birth to baby Ivy blue to nothing.Any way it led to another conversation which led me to wonder,should we ever trust our friends?. .So it goes on like this.Over the weekend my sister went to buy a calling card,when she was at the cashier, she heard a lady crying and speaking in both Swahili and Kikuyu. She could tell by her voice she was in pain..so she waited for her to finish and ask her if she needed help..when she was done she said hallo and asked her if she was ok,using the world greatest lie she said yes she was fine but my sister insisted that they go for a cup of coffee, that she may open up and she did..the lady told her she has just arrive in Europe and she was married with German man.Wambui was her name.Well the thing here is that ,Wambuis marriage was organised by her so called friend who was her neighbour in Africa.Lets just name the neighbour Jane for the sake of it.Jane was visiting home from Germany.She had an established life and married.Wambui agreed with Jane that when Jane returns back in Germany she helps her get a german man.So she did that and she got finally a man for Wambui.Wambui was still in kenya but chatting with that man over the internet for over 6 months.Finally the man decided to fly over to Africa to marry Wambui.She had to remain in Africa while the documentation for her to come to german was in process.She was studying german while still waiting for her visa to be finalized.Jane then came back to Africa with some documents and told Jane to sign and surely she trusted her dearly and she did that.The thing is she signed the papers which written in German which she didnt understand it fully.Finally she went to europe .After some months Jane visited Wambui and she is now demading for 5000 euros claiming the chick signed papers to pay her if she found him a husband...Wambui is confused and she does not know what to do. The husband feels betrayed and is questioning her if she married him for love. My sister would love to help her but honestly ,she does not want to mislead her...pliz people what should this lady do and are there laws that could favour her?.
thats soo sad,,maybe wambui should just come back home and try to settle then kama alipenda bwanake watakutana tu baadaye after hizi story zimetulia
ReplyDeleteWhat an awful experience..unfortunately in most cases we learn of what we have gotten ourselves into when it is too late.She shoumld first try to sought things out with her husband coz i believe true love surpasses everything..then together they can get in touch with the law experts in German n also ,IN Kenya coz the documents were signed when she was in Kenya a time when she did not understand the language.but all in all to my beautiful sisters outside there...be careful. always know YOU ARE BEST WHERE YOU ARE. and let us all think before we leap coz sometimes we might be signing our death certificates coz all that glitters...might be a reflection of the sun in a mirror n not a reality!
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ReplyDeleteJanet thats an option dear...
ReplyDeleteBabz..my dear,no one could have said it better ..well said.
ReplyDeleteThis is so bad? I have learned something, i wont sign a piece of paper in a language that i do not understand. There has to be a translator. What is this lady going to do? did u say 5000 euros...? heeeeeee...kwisha kabisa...she is dead yoooooo
ReplyDeleteyeah 5000 euros...but she wony pay up.
Deletewell, for starters, if the document was completly in German, and she can prove to german authorities that she can not speak german, it is void, because she did not understand what was being signed, also that contract or document was signed in Africa, therefore there is nothing she can do in Germany to enforce it. and also that friend of hers has no witnesses that can confrin she signed the document, PLUS, she has no proof of services rendered, meaning she can not provide a detailed invoive stating what services she rendered to the lady that amount to 5000 euros, did she pay Wambui's plane ticket? did she pay for the husband's airfare to go to Africa? did she pay for Wambui's visa application or accomodation in Europe? if all answers to these questions are no, then Wambui doesn't have to worry. there is not a single, legal, thing "Jane" can do against her :-)
ReplyDeleteTrue my dear.
Deleteklickstar i like your way of thinking.
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