African magic Swahili: Sumu La Penzi director holds a lovely secret wedding to start her 2017 as wife (photos)

Oyunga Pala is no longer a senior bachelor

- The popular columnist married film director Dorothy Ghettuba on the first day of 2017

Daily Nation columnist Oyunga Pala has been giving relationship advice for more than a decade now but just like Maina Kageni, he has never tried his own prescription.

Dorothy Ghettuba and Oyunga Pala

That, however, might soon change after the veteran writer and popular film director, Dorothy Ghettuba tied the knot in a colorful ceremony on January 1 2017.

The two exchanged vows at Elsamere Natural Reserve in Naivasha in a secret wedding that saw a selected few attend.

Ghettuba, 39, co-owns Spielworks Media, a local production, content creation company that is known for programs such as Sumu La Penzi, Jane & Abel, Saints, Higher Learning, Block D and Lies That Bind.In 2011, she was named among top 40 women under 40 in Kenya as she rose and dominated the corporate world.

Pala is well known from his satire and relations advice in his column Mantalk in the Saturday Nation newspaper.

Family members, close friends and a handful local celebrities honored the couple with their presence at the wedding.