Sampa To Restrict Wedding To ‘Only’ 300 Guests

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has said he will follow Covid-19 restrictions and limit his wedding to no more than 300 guests, down from a maximum occupancy of 10,000 at the Woodlands Stadium venue.

Mayor Sampa’s decision comes after the Ministry of Health wrote to him to explain that Covid-19 cases are still climbing, with 52 patients falling ill yesterday. 

In response Mr Sampa said he would comply with the restrictions but retain his choice of venue.

“We are duty bound to respond and oblige when the Ministry of Health guides as they have that we have a maximum of 300 in total for our Wedding event this Saturday 26th December, 2020. Woodlands stadium still remains the Wedding venue as we have already signed a financial contract with the stadium management,” he said.

“Regrettably we shall however invite about zero guests there. Our line up already has 50 people (25 male & 25 female) more so as I turn 50 years on the same Wedding day. When I add Artists, security & support staff to the list, we are already towards 200 people. So who to invite and not invite was the headache I was trying to avoid hitherto,” he added.

The ceremony is due to take place on Saturday, with Mayor Sampa set to marry his longterm fiancee Nchimunya. 

The event will be broadcast live by a TV station so that guests will be able to attend virtually. 

“We shall keep reviewing until the day on how best to get everyone interested be part of the event directly or indirectly while observing the 300 maximum limit as well as other guidlines that have been given to us by the Ministry of Health.” Sampa concluded.