You will swallow a bitter pill when a witch doctor squanders your money without delivering or a woman “eating fare” in Kenya.
The Small Claims Court, which handles petty cases has advised Kenyans not to file cases related to women eating fare or witchdoctor failing to deliver.
This is after the courts recorded an increased number of such cases.
“Eating fare” is a common slogan in the country that means a woman using the money he was sent by a man to travel to his place for other personal matters.
Senior Resident Magistrate and Eldoret Small Claims Court adjudicator Tabitha Wanjiku Mbugua said since the establishment of the court, men have been seeking to file complaints about women who take their money and fail to show up for dates.
“I sympathize with men who lose money to their female friends who eat their fare but fail to honor the invites. Some of these men have approached my court for help but, unfortunately, my court cannot compel such women to pay back the fare. The law on the jurisdiction of small claims courts does not allow me to adjudicate on that,” she stated.
She added that Small Claims Court cannot help in claiming fees paid to witchdoctors when charms fail to work.
“These cases of claiming that you paid a witch doctor and the charms did not work cannot be claimed in our court. When charms fail to work after paying for services if you want your money back just settle it with your witchdoctor,” Mbugua said.
On various occasions, there has been false information about women being charged for eating fare.
The magistrate clarified and said it is all fake news.
He urged Kenyans to seek verification and not to rely on social media in matters of law.
