Hatimaye Lulu Apata Dhamana

Mcheza sinema, Elizabeth Michael, aka. Lulu amepata dhamana leo. Lulu alikaa rumande siku 274 kwa tuhumu za kumwua mpenzi wake, mcheza sinema maarufu, Steven Kanumba.

 Picha hizi zimetoka Millardayo.com

Lulu akilia machozi ya furaha baada ya kuaachiwa huru kwa dhamana

Lulu na mama yake mzazi wakilia baada ya kukutana nje ya Mahakama, Lulu amechiwa huru na Mahakama leo january 29 2013 mchana, pembeni ni mwigizaji Dr. Cheni ambae amekua karibu na familia ya Lulu kwa muda mrefu sana.

Habari hizi kutoka: Wavuti.com

Taarifa ya habari ya saa saba machana ( Jumatatu 28/1/13)  kupitia TBC imesema:


Msanii wa filamu Elizabeth Michel, maaruf kama Lulu, anayekabiliwa na shitaka la tuhuma za mauaji ya aliyekuwa msanii mwenzake, Steven Kanumba, leo amepewa dhamana na Hakimu Mkazi wa Mahakama ya Kisutu, Dar es Salaam.

Masharti ya dhamana hiyo ni pamoja na:

- Kuwa na wadhamini wawili kwa dhamana ya Shilingi milioni 20 kila mmoja

- Kukabidhi pasi yake ya kusafiria kwa Msajili wa Mahakama

- Kuripoti Mahakamani kila tarehe Mosi ya kila mwezi.

- Marufuku kusafiri nje ya nchi.

Taarifa kwa kina kama ilivyowandikwa na Happiness Katabazi Happiness Katabazi

HATIMAYE Mahakama Kuu Kanda ya Dar es Salaam imempatia masharti matano ya kupata dhamana kwa msanii wa filamu nchini Elizabeth Michael ‘Lulu’, anayekabiliwa na kesi ya kuua bila kukusudia aliyekuwa msanii mwenzake marehemu Steven Kanumba.

Masharti hayo yaliyolewa jana na Jaji Zainabu Mruke muda mfupi baada ya mawakili wa Lulu, Peter Kibatara, Kennedy Fungamtama na Fulgence Massawe kuiomba mahakama hiyo impatie dhamana mshtakiwa huyo ambaye anasota rumande tangu April mwaka jana ambapo walieleza kuwa ombi la dhamana wameliwasilisha chini ya kifungu cha 148(1) ,(2) Cha Sheria ya Mwenendo wa Makosa ya Jinai ya mwaka 2002 .

Jaji Mruke alisema ili mahakama impatie dhamana ni lazima asalimishe kwa Msajili wa mahakama hiyo hati ya kusafiria, kutotoka nje ya Dar es Salaam bila ruhusa ya mahakama, kuripoti kwa msajili kila mwezi, kuwa na wadhamini wawili ambao ni watumishi wa serikali ambao watasaini bondi ya Sh. milioni 20 kila mmoja.

Baada ya jaji huyo kutangaza masharti hayo Lulu na wakili wake walitoka nje ya ukumbi uliokuwa ukiendeshwa kwa shauri hilo kwa ajili ya kwenda kwa msajili kutimiza masharti hayo lakini kwa bahati mbaya Msajili hakuwepo ofisini na hivyo kufanya Lulu kurudishwa rumande hadi leo atakapoletwa kwa ajili ya kujatimiza masharti hayo mbele ya Msajili wa mahakama hiyo.

Kufuatia mahakama hiyo kumpatia masharti ya dhamana Lulu kutoka na ombi lake Na.125/2012 la kuomba mahakama hiyo impatie dhamana, bado kesi ya msingi inayomkabili Lulu ambayo ni ya kuua bila kukusudia haijapangiwa jaji wala tarehe ya kuanza kusikilizwa.

Desemba 21 mwaka jana, Hakimu Mkazi Christine Mbando wa Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi Kisutu aliifunga kesi ya kuua bila kukusudia Lulu na kuiamishia rasmi kesi hiyo katika Mahakama Kuu, na uamuzi huo wa mahakama ulitokana na upande wa Jamhuri kumsomea maelezo ya kesi yake kwa kina mshtakiwa huyo na kuieleza mahakama kuwa wanakusudia kuleta jumla ya mashahidi tisa.

Mahakama Waendelea Kujadili Umri wa Lulu!

Wadau, Cheti cha Kuzaliwa Kinatosha kuthibiti umri wa mtu. Ila katika kesi hii, Lulu alikwishafanya party ya kutimiza 18, na pia alikuwa anawaambia wanahabari katika mahojiano kuwa yeye ni 18. Ndo matokeo ya kutaka kuwa mkubwa kabla ya siku zako!  Ukubwa amepata!

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Elizabeth Michael Kimemeta aka. Lulu ana miaka mingapi? 17 au 18?

 Kutoka The Citizen

Court orders Lulu’s lawyers to Provide proof on her Age


Monday, 11 June 2012
By Rosina John

The Citizen Correspondent

Dar es Salaam. The High Court in Dar es Salaam yesterday ordered defence lawyers of movie actress Elizabeth Michael alias Lulu to present documents supporting their claim she is under the age of 18.Judge Fauz Twaibu ordered the defence lawyers to present the evidence and supporting documents by way of affidavit on June 13.

Lulu is charged at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court with murdering local movie star Steven Kanumba on April 7, this year, at Sinza Vatican.

Defence counsel led by advocate Peter Kibatala filed the application at the High Court seeking the determination of the accused’s age. The lawyers stated that Lulu has not attained the age of 18 years to merit prosecution in an adult court.

The application by Mr Kibatara followed a decision by the lower court to turn down their request to transfer the murder case to a juvenile court on the ground that the lower court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter. However, in his ruling yesterday, Judge Twaib quashed and set aside the decision by the resident magistrate’s court to refuse to entertain the application, saying it was an error in law and an abdication of duty.

“Consequently, I hold that the lower court was wrong to refuse to entertain the application, thinking that such an enquiry could only be done by this court.

I quash and set aside the decision of the Kisutu Court,” the judge ruled.

The judge said that, considering the seriousness of the charge facing the applicant and the urgency of determining whether or not the applicant is entitled to the benefits of the Child Act and in the interest of justice, the court is invoking its supervisory powers under Section 44 of the Magistrate’s Court Act and shall proceed to determine the correct age of the applicant in terms of Section 113 of the Child Act.

The judge said that the nature and seriousness of the charge facing the applicant, the lack of any possibility for securing bail, during the pendency of the charge and undisputed urgency of the matter require that the controversy about her age be determined the soonest.

He further ruled that, in the meantime, the proceedings of the murder case at the lower court should stay, pending determination of the applicant’s age in the High Court. The judge ordered the applicant’s counsel to produce evidence on their client’s age on June 13 while prosecution required submitting their reply on June 20 while the hearing would be on June 25.

Lulu Mahakamani Kisutu Leo

 Mcheza sinema Elizabeth 'Lulu' Michael alifikishwa katika mahakama leo kuhusiana na kesi yake kuhusiana na mauji ya Bongo Star Steven Kanumba.  Kesi leo ilikuwa ni kutajwa tu yaani Mention.

Mcheza Sinema, Elizbeth 'Lulu' Michael, katika Mahakama ya Kisutu leo hii 23/4/12 (Picha kwa hisani ya Michuzi Blog)  Kuona picha zaidi Mtembelee Kaka Michuzi




Katika hii picha ya Global Publishers Lulu anaonekana kuwa na kakitambi!   (picha kwa hisani ya Global Publishers)

MAELEZO KUTOKA GLOBAL PUBLISHERS

Mwigizaji Maarufu wa filamu za Kibongo Elizabeth Michael ‘Lulu’ leo majira ya saa nne asubuhi amepandishwa kizimbani kwa mara ya pili katika Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi Kisutu jijini Dar es Salaam na kusomewa shitaka la kumuua Steven Kanumba. Baada ya kusomewa shitaka hilo na Mwendesha Mashitaka Mkuu wa Mahakama hiyo Elizabeth Kaganda mbele ya Hakimu Rita Tarimo hakutakiwa kujibu lolote. Mwendesha Mashitaka huyo alisema upelelezi wa kesi hiyo bado haujakamailika hivyo kesi hiyo iliahirishwa mpaka Mei 7 mwaka huu.



Baraza la Habari Tanzania Yaja Juu! - Kifo Cha Steven Kanumba

Baraza la Habari Tanzania: Acheni Mahakama Ifanye Kazi Yake Juu Ya Kifo Cha Steven Kanumba

Kutoka kulia ni Katibu wa MCT Kajubi Mukajanga katikati ni Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Maadili Baraza la Habari MCT Jaji Thomas B. Mihayo, na Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Maadili pia Mjumbe wa Bodi Rose Haji.
(Picha na Blasio Kachuchu)

KAMATI ya Maadili ya Baraza la Habari Tanzania (MCT) leo mchana imetangaza imesikitishwa na ukiukwaji mkubwa wa maadili uliojitokeza hivi karibuni kwa baadhi ya vyombo vya Habari ambavyo wakati vikiripoti kuhusu kifo cha Msanii Steven Charles Kanumba, vimemhukumu msichana Elizabeth Michael Kimemeta maarufu kama Lulu, kuwa amemuua msanii huyo.

Ukiukwaji huo umejitokeza hasa baada ya msichana huyo kufikishwa Mahakamani, ambapo baadhi ya magazeti yanayoheshimika katika jamii jana Alhamisi, Aprili 12, 2012 yaliandika vichwa vikubwa vilivyosomeka: Lulu Kortini kwa kumuua Kanumba na Lulu Kizimbani kwa mauaji ya Kanumba.

Kwa mujibu wa sheria na maadili ya Uandishi wa Habari mtu yeyote anayekamatwa kwa tuhuma yoyote ile ni mtuhumiwa mpaka atiwe hatiani na mahakama.

Kanuni hii ya siku nyingi katika fani ya uandishi wa habari inafahamika na waandishi na wahariri wote wanaoheshimu kazi yao.

Baraza pia limeshatoa matamko mara kadhaa kuwakumbusha wanahabari kujiepusha na uandishi wa habari au vichwa vya habari vinavyohukumu.

Baraza linafahamu fika kuwa kesi zilizoko Mahakamani ni kivutio kwa umaa kutaka kujua kinachoendelea ili kuona haki ikitendeka na pia wanahabari wana haki ya kujua na kuripoti yanayojiri huko na katika vyombo vingine vya sheria.

Lakini lazima ifahamike kuwa wakati wakitumia fursa na haki hiyo Wanahabari wanapaswa kuzingatia kanuni, miongozo na sheria zinazolinda haki za msingi zxa watuhumiwa na uhuru wa Mahakama.

Ni wazi kuwa vichwa vya habari vilivyoitajwa hapo juu vimeliingilia uhuru wa Mahakama kwa kuchapisha habari ambazo zinaonekana kushawishi au kushinikiza uamuzi wa Mahakama.

Wanahabari ni lazima watambue kuwa kuna taratibu na makubaliano ya kijamii juu ya namna gani taarifa zinavyopaswa kuripotiwa ili kutowadhuru watu wengine.

Hivyo basi , Baraza la Habari Tanzania linapenda kuwakumbusha tena wahariri kuhakikisha kuwa wanafanya kazi yao kwa kuzingatia maadili na weledi katika kuripoti mkasa huu unaogusa hisia za watu.

Imesainiwa na


Jaji Thomas B. Mihayo
Mwenyekiti
Kamati ya Maadili ya Baraza la Habari Tanzania.

Baba Lulu Aongea na Waandishi wa Habari

KWA HISANI YA BLOGU YA JAMII:

Mzee Michael Edward Kimemeta (picha na Dixon Busagaga)

Imeandikwa n Dixon Busagaga  - Globu ya Jamii Moshi


Baba mzazi wa Muigizaji wa kike wa filami nchini maarufu kama Lulu, ambaye anahusishwa na kifo cha marehemu Steven Charles Kanumba, ameibuka na kueleza kushtushwa sana na taarifa za kifo hicho pamoja na habari kuwa bintiye alikuwa na mahusiano ya kimapenzi na muigizaji huyo nguli na kuwa anahusika na kifo chake.

 Baba Lulu, ambaye alijitambulisha kwa jina la Michael Edward Kimemeta(49) mzaliwa wa Wilaya ya Rombo, Mkoani Kilimanjaro, kaiambia Globu ya Jamii leo huko Moshi kuwa alimtambua Steven Kanumba kama mwalimu wa mtoto wake Lulu,lakini hakuamini masikio yake baada ya kupata taarifa za kifo hicho, huku bintiye, anayedaiwa alikuwa na mahusiano ya kimapenzi na marehemu, anahusika.


Lulu alifikishwa mahakamani jana April 11, 2012 akikabiriwa na mashtaka ya mauaji ya Marehemu Steven Kanumba, ikiwa ni siku nne baada ya kifo cha msanii huyo. Alisema kuwa Elizabeth ama Lulu alizaliwa tarehe April 17,1995 katika hospitali ya Taifa ya Muhimbili jijini Dar es Salaam, na kwamba alimaliza elimu ya kidato cha nne katika shule ya sekondari ya Midway mwaka jana na kamba hivi sasa ana umri wa miaka 17.

Bw Kimemeta alisema kuwa ni vyema polisi kuwa makini katika uchunguzi wao kwa kuzingatia kuwa tukio hilo limejenga chuki na uhasama baina ya Lulu na ndugu, jamaa, marafiki na wapenzi wa marehemu Steven Kanumba. Alisema kuwa kilichomshtusha zaidi ni taarifa za polisi kusema kuwa kulitokea ugomvi kati ya Marehemu Steve Kanumba na Lulu,huku ikitajwa kuwa walikuwa wapenzi.

“Hatukutegemea kama Marehemu Kanumba angeweza kuwa na mahusiano y kimapenzi na binti yetu; kwanza ndiye tuliyekuwa tukimtegemea kwa kiasi kikubwa katika kuendeleza na kukikuza kipaji alichokuwa nacho Elizabeth”, alisema baba mtu. “Ninaomba Wanasheria na wanaharakati wa haki za kibinadamu kuingilia suala hili na kusaidia katika kupatikana kwa haki dhidi ya shtaka la mauaji linalomkabili binti yangu Elizabeth na pia naomba swala hili lisichukuliwe kishabiki ama kwa hisia bali haki ichukue mkondo wake”alisema.

Kanumba na Lulu mwaka jana.  Picha kwa hisani ya  Mpeli Jr Ngonywike

 Alisisitiza kuwa jamii inatakiwa kutambua mazingira ya tukio hilo,ambapo chanzo kinasemekana ni ugomvi uliopelekea tafrani kwa Lulu kutuhumiwa kumsukuma Marehemu Kanumba kwa kile kinachodaiwa kuwa ulikuwa wivu wa kimapepenzi na haiyumkini hakukusidua kumuua hivyo yeye anashangaa bintiye kuhusishwa moja kwa moja na mauaji.

“Ushiriki wa mwanangu kuhusu mambo ya sanaa nilikwishapata wasiwasi na mama yake mzazi alikuwa akiwasiliana na Marehemu Kanumba enzi za uihai wake ambaye alikuwa anamhakikishia usalama wa Lulu na kusema kuwa ataendele kubaki kama mwalimu…..lakini leo nasikia alikuwa ni mpenzi - nilishtushwa” alisema Kimemeta.

Baba Lulu pia ameelezea kusikitishwa kwake kwa kushindwa kuhudhuria mazishi marehemu Steven Kanumba kuhofia usalama wake, na kusema mazingira yatakaporuhusu hata sita kufika nyumbani kwa marehemu Steven Kanumba na kutoa pole. Bw Kimemeta amesema kuwa anaungana na Watanzania wote kutoa pole kwa familia ya Marehemu Steven Kanumba na kutoa mkono wa pole kwa msiba huo mkubwa ambao haukutarajiwa.Kasema kuwa Kanumba alikuwa bado ni kijana mdogo aliyeonyesha umahiri kwenye sanaa na kwamba amecha pengo kwa familia yake na Tanzania kwa ujumla.

Lulu na Mama yake Mzazi, Bi Lucrecia Kalugila

LULU: That Girl! Kasichana Kale!

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LULU: That Girl! Kasichana Kale!


By Jacqueline Mgumia

Dear TGNP members, young feminists and those in support of our sisters, I think we have a role to play in understanding Lulu's case, its context and her future charges in relation to Kanumba’s death. This portrays a classic relationship between private and public life.

I think it is a platform for expanding and demanding for women’s right issues in our current context - the media space. We should follow up the tragedy to understand what is at stake in relation to women’s rights, images and representations on the media and legal spaces, specifically how domestic spaces make life so vulnerable.

Thus far, Lulu is in rumande, accused, suspected, or associated with Kanumba's death. Unfortunately, public opinion is against Lulu as she is condemned and demonized for her loose sexual conducts, a fact which could easily forge her rights in regard to the accusations or, if found innocent, her security in the public domain will be threatened.

I am not saying she is innocent, but I always wonder why only young superstar women are labeled as loose or malaya! And, yes, if she has been malaya or bad, so what? Is this only bounded/confined to a moral question? Is this about good girls and bad girls? Does this mean she deserves to be accused without being listened too? Does this justify one being declared guilty without a fair trial or being understood?

Some people say YES! Kaache kasote rumande ama kaende jela, maana, asiyefunzwa na mamaye atafunzwa na ulimwengu! I say NO, mnyonge mnyongeni lakini haki yake mpeni!

This is not a claim for being guiltless, rather it is a call to allow police and medical practices as well as procedures to rule the investigations, not the hyped media opinion of kale kasichana.

Justice is for everyone, those good and bad, those present and absent. If the investigation finds any association or relation of her conducts to be incriminating that will be a different question of the law and lawyers will choose positions.

Human right activists, feminists and the media, how do we associate ourselves with those labeled bad or indeed bad on culture lenses? Do we choose to remain in silence on whose lenses we are trading?

I speak not because she is a woman and young, as that could be doing injustice to our late Kanumba and being biased on a purely gender stance, rather it is to engage with the notion of good and bad girls in the media and its implication on women representation in general, and especially in our digital generation.

Lulu is still in rumande, maybe a quick and quiet visit will help us understand what is happening to her and perhaps make a decision if it is a case we might want to follow. We should start by getting facts right by acknowledging that Lulu is prejudged because of her character, and that can never be right or fair.

This is not about Lulu, it is about Wema, Ray C, Yasinta, and many young women like her in the movie and music industry; the platform is rough and tough, providing different experiences to female artists, of which we know very little about.

We need to start engaging with these spaces, as these young women define the good and bad girls in subtle but very important ways!

This is not about that girl! It is about understanding what is happening in domestic spaces, where both men and women rights could easily be abused in silence. It is about engaging with misunderstood women using our lenses to make sense of their stories and realities so as to inform ourselves on diverse issues facing women. It is about understanding the perceptions and cultures that influence practices and outcomes of laws.

I pray for Kanumba the Great that he may rest in peace and, at this point, I should declare that he was one of the Tanzanian actors that I gave respect to for his achievements; however, his latest movie MOSES, which is centered on hate on women, left me wishing to meet him and chat about impacts of such contents on women. Indeed he has left us very young. He will be greatly missed.

As he rest in peace tomorrow and justice is found for his sudden death, let Lulu - before the law and public - be judged and treated with fairness regardless of being that girl - kasichana kale!

Lulu Mahakamani Kisutu Leo!

Lulu Akijiandaa kuacti Sinema

Hayati Steve Kanumba ni miongoni mwa wasanii maarufu wa Tanzania wenye nyota za umaarufu (Tanzania Walk of Fame) ndani ya ukumbi wa Dar Live jijini Dar Es salaam ambapo mara baada ya kifo chake wafanyakazi wa ukumbi huo na mashabiki wake wameweka mashada ya maua,kadi na kuwasha mishumaa kama ishara ya kuomboleza kifo chake.
 (Picha kw Hisani ya Abdallah Mrisho Blog)

MAELEZO KUTOKA MICHUZI BLOG:

Muigizaji wa Filamu nchini anaehusishwa na kifo cha Muigizaji Mwenzie, Marehemu Steven Kanumba,Elizabeth Michael a.k.a Lulu amepandishwa kizimbani mapema leo asubuhi kwenye Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi Kisutu Jijini Dar es Salaam kwa kusomewa mashtaka yake kuhusiana na kuhusika kwa kifo cha Muigizaji huyo nguli hapa nchini.


Elizabeth Michael amesomewa mashtaka hayo mbele ya hakimu Agustino Mmbando na wakili Elizabeth Kaganda ya mauaji ya Muigizaji wa Filamu nchini,Marehemu Steven Kanumba yaliyotokea huko sinza vatcan jijini Dar es Salaam april 7 mwaka huu.

Elizabeth Hakutakiwa kujibu chochote Mahakamani hapo kwani mahakama hii haina mamlaka ya kusikiliza kesi za mauaji.

Kesi hiyo imeahirishwa na kupangwa kusikilizwa tena april 23 mwaka huu.

Muigizaji huyo aliletwa mahakamani hapo kwa mwendo wa kasi kama mshale na kwa ulinzi mkali na pia ndivyo alivyoondolewa Mahakamani hapo kiasi kwamba hakuna hata mwandishi alieweza kupata picha ya Muigizaji huyo mwenye tuhuma za mauaji Na kupandishwa katika gari ndogo nyeupe aina ya suzuki grand vitara yenye nambari za usajiri T 848 BNV huku kwenye kioo nambari zake zikisomeka PT 2565.

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Lulu kortini kwa kumuua Kanumba

Polisi wamficha, wakwepa waandishi
Ajifunika ushungi, avaa kandambili

Msanii wa uigizaji wa filamu nchini, Elizabeth Michael Kimemeta (18), maarufu kama Lulu, amefikishwa katika Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi Kisutu, jijini Dar es Salaam, akikabiliwa na mashtaka ya mauaji ya msanii mwenzake, Steven Kanumba (28).

Tukio la msanii huyo kufikishwa mahakamani hapo jana na kusomewa mashtaka lilikuwa kama mchezo wa filamu baada ya polisi kufanya siri na hata kugombana na baadhi ya waandishi wa habari waliotaka kuingia katika chumba cha mahakama kufuatilia kesi hiyo.

Kesi hiyo ilisomwa mbele ya Hakimu Mkazi wa Mahakama hiyo, Augustina Mmbando.

Kabla ya kusomewa mashtaka hayo, hakimu alimtaka Lulu kutojibu chochote kuhusu tuhuma zinazomkabili.

Wakili wa Serikali, Elizabeth Kaganda, alidai kuwa Aprili 7, mwaka huu katika eneo la Sinza Vatican, jijini Dar es Salaam, mshtakiwa alimuua Kanumba.

Kwa mujibu wa Mwenendo wa Sheria ya Makosa ya Jinai (CPA), Lulu hakutakiwa kujibu chochote kwa kuwa mahakama hiyo haina mamlaka ya kusikiliza kesi za mauaji.

Hata hivyo, mara upelelezi utakapokamilika, kesi hiyo itahamishiwa Mahakama Kuu ya Tanzania, Kanda ya Dar es Salaam kwa ajili ya kusikilizwa.

Kaganda alidai upelelezi bado haujakamilika, hivyo akaiomba mahakama kupanga tarehe ya kuitajwa kwa kesi hiyo.

Hakimu Mmbando alisema mshtakiwa atakaa mahabusu hadi Aprili 23, mwaka huu, kesi hiyo itakapotajwa.

Wakati mshtakiwa huyo akisomewa hati ya mashtaka alidai mahakamani hapo kwamba, umri wake sio miaka (18) kama ilivyoandikwa kwenye hati ya mashtaka bali ana miaka (17).

Pia wakati mashtaka yanasomwa hali mahakamani hapo ilikuwa shwari, huku watu wengine wakinong’ona bila kuwa na uhakika kuhusu msanii huyo kufikishwa mahakamani kutokana na kutoonekana kwa wanafamilia wake na watu wa karibu.

Mazingira ya Lulu kufikishwa mahakamani hapo yalikuwa kama mchezo wa kuigiza kutokana na jeshi la polisi kufanya kuwa siri kubwa.

Gari aina ya Suzuki Vitara liliingia katika viunga vya mahakama hiyo muda ambao haukufahamika likiwa na makachero wa Jeshi la Polisi wanne, wanawake wawili na wanaume wawili na mshtakiwa.

Lilifuatiwa na gari lingine aina ya Toyota Land Cruiser lililokuwa na askari polisi saba waliovaa sare za jeshi hilo wakiwa na silaha.

Hata hivyo, baada ya muda NIPASHE kupitia chanzo chake ilipata taarifa ya msanii huyo kufikishwa katika viunga vya mahakama hiyo na kwamba jalada la kesi yake lilikuwa limeshapangiwa hakimu.

Hatua hiyo ilisababisha waandishi wa habari za mahakama kujipanga na kuweka lindo katika kila kona ya jengo la mahakama hiyo huku wengine wakiwa kwenye mlango wa kutokea mahabusu, kwenye korido za milango ya kuingia katika ofisi za mahakimu.

Hata hivyo, kundi la waandishi waliokaa katika korido ya ghorofa ya kwanza kuelekea kwenye ofisi za mahakimu, ghafla saa 5:20 asubuhi walifanikiwa kumuona mshtakiwa huyo akiwa katikati ya makachero wanawake wawili na nyuma wanaume wawili akiwa amejifunika ushungi wa rangi ya udhurungi, gauni kubwa maarufu kama ‘dira’ la rangi ya njano na kandambili za rangi nyekundu.

Waandishi hao walikimbilia msafara huo uliokuwa na askari wanne pamoja na mshtakiwa, lakini kabla ya kuingia chumba cha hakimu, askari aliyekuwa ameshika simu ya upepo mkononi aliwazuia waandishi kuingia.

Hali hiyo ilisababisha majibishano ya muda na mwishowe alibadili nia ya kuzuia wanahabari hao kufanya kazi yao.

Mshtakiwa alisomewa mashtaka yake na baadaye alipitishwa njia ya mlango wa nyuma hadi kwenye gari aina ya Suzuki Vitara yenye namba za usajili T848 BNV yenye vioo visivyoonyesha ndani (tinted).

Ingawa gari hilo lilikuwa na namba za kirais, kwenye vioo liliandikwa namba PT 2565, na iliondoka mahakamani hapo kwa kasi kumpeleka mshtakiwa mahabusu ya Segerea kusubiri upelelezi wa kesi hiyo kukamilika.

Mapema jana saa 3:35 asubuhi, NIPASHE ilizungumza kwa njia ya simu na Kamanda wa Mkoa wa Kipolisi Kinondoni, ACP Charles Kenyela kuhusu hatima ya kufikishwa mahakamani kwa msanii huyo, mazungumzo yalikuwa kama ifuatavyo:

NIPASHE: Shikamoo afande.

Kamanda Kenyela: Marahaba. Nipigie baadaye niko kwenye kikao.

NIPASHE: Sawa afande. Lakini nilitaka kujua kama Lulu atapelekwa mahakamani leo (jana) na itakuwa mahakama gani Kinondoni au Kisutu?

Kamanda Kenyela: Mmmh! Kwa kweli bado uchunguzi unaendelea. Hivyo, jalada liko kwa Mkurugenzi wa Mashtaka Nchini (DPP).

NIPASHE: Ahsante afande. Shida yangu ilikuwa hiyo tu endelea na ujenzi wa Taifa.

Kamanda Kenyela: Nashukuru sana mwandishi.

Kanumba alifariki dunia usiku wa kuamkia Jumamosi Aprili 7, mwaka huu, baada ya kudaiwa kutokea ugomvi kati yake na Lulu.

Maelfu ya watu, wakiwamo mawaziri, wabunge, viongozi wa siasa, vyama vya kiraia, wasanii wenzake na wananchi wa kawaida, walijitokeza katika msiba huo nyumbani kwake, Sinza Vatican, jijini Dar es Salaam na kwenye shughuli za kumuaga viwanja wa Leaders Club na kuuzika mwili wake katika makaburi ya Kinondoni.

Mazishi hayo yaliongozwa na Makamu wa Rais, Dk. Mohamed Gharib Bilal.


CHANZO: NIPASHE

Maelezo ya Lulu - Kifo Cha Steven Kanumba

KUTOKA THE CITIZEN:

Lulu’s Side of the story as Kanumba is Buried




Elizabeth Michael aka Lulu Akistarehe (Picha kwa hisani ya Global Publishers)

 Tuesday, 10 April 2012 
By Mkinga Mkinga

The Citizen Reporter

Dar es Salaam. The prime suspect in the death on Saturday of local film star Steven Kanumba spoke out on the tragedy for the first time just a day before tens of thousands of people gathered for his funeral yesterday.Elizabeth Michael, alias Lulu, broke her silence on Monday—two days after she was arrested. Investigators at Oysterbay police station had to engage a crime psychologist to get her to open up on the events leading up to the death of the star who had just been invited to Hollywood in the United States.

Highly placed police sources told The Citizen in an exclusive interview yesterday that Lulu, girlfriend of the deceased, started narrating what had transpired on the night the 28-year-old died after meeting the psychologist.

“The suspect, who had refused to cooperate with police detectives from the Kinondoni regional police office, has now managed to speak for three hours with the psychologist,” the sources said on condition of anonymity since they are not official spokespersons of the Tanzania Police Force.

The psychologist from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters in Dar es Salaam chatted candidly with the suspect for three hours on Monday, a day before Kanumba was buried.

Lulu reportedly told the investigators that Kanumba phoned her on the fateful night asking her to join him for an outing. She went to his home but told him she did not really want to go out and that she preferred to return home.

Kanumba allegedly wanted Lulu to accompany him to a Mashujaa Band show at Vingunguti, and became furious when she refused to accompany him.

According to the sources, the misunderstanding between the two developed into a quarrel, with Kanumba demanding to know what it was that she had left at her home.“According to Lulu, the deceased locked the door to his room,” said the sources. “In a panic, she unlocked the door and fled.”

Lulu is quoted as saying that she managed to escape after he fell and had no idea what transpired after her departure.

The sources said police have also interrogated another suspect, a Bongo Flava musician (name withheld), who gave Lulu a lift when she left Kanumba’s Sinza residence. “I am sorry, brother, I cannot comment on that issue,” he told The Citizen before he hang up.

According to detectives, other suspects have also been lined up for questioning. The sources could not say how long the interrogations would take.

In another development, the sources said heavyweight politicians related to Lulu have been sending her consolation text messages pledging to assist her. “Their involvement with the suspect could complicate our investigations,” said the sources.

Yesterday, this paper reported that Kanumba died of a brain injury caused by a sudden blow to the head.

One of the doctors who examined Kanumba’s body at Muhimbili National Hospital hinted that the actor died on the spot after suffering such severe brain damage that he collapsed and stopped breathing.

His sudden death sent shockwaves across the country, East Africa and West Africa—particularly Ghana and Nigeria—where he had achieved prominence in the continent’s leading film industry, Nollywood. He had returned home from a trip to Ghana just a few days before his death.

President Jakaya Kikwete joined mourners on Sunday, calling the fallen star a brilliant ambassador who sold Tanzania far and wide through the screen.

Maggid Mjengwa Aomba Jamii Imsamehe Lulu - Kifo cha Steven Kanumba

Lulu, alivyokuwa na maskendo (scandals) sijui kama itakuwa rahisi kwa jamii kumsamehe katika jambo la kifo cha Steven Kanumba!

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KUTOKA MAGGID MJENGWA BLOG:
Neno La Leo: Jamii Ya Walo Wema Imsamehe Elizabeth ' Lulu' Michael

Ndugu zangu,

Jana amezikwa Steven Kanumba , kipenzi cha wengi.

Mauti ya Steven Kanumba yanatukumbusha wanadamu ukweli huu; kuwa maisha yetu hapa duniani ni mafupi sana. Hivyo, lililo jema kwetu wanadamu ni kuishi kwa kutenda yalo mema. Kuwatendea mema hata tunaodhani wametukosea, maana, tutawasaidia kujifunza kutenda mema. Na ni mwanadamu gani asiyekosea?

Na moja ya adhabu kubwa mwanadamu unaweza kuipata humu duniani kutoka kwa wanadamu wenzako ni adhabu ya kutengwa na wanadamu wenzako.

Msichana Lulu ameshapata na anaendelea kuipata sasa, adhabu kubwa sana kutoka kwa wanajamii. Adhabu ya kupewa hukumu ya mauaji na kutengwa na wengine. Lulu , ambaye ni mmoja wa waliokuwa karibu na marehemu Kanumba hata katika dakika zake za mwisho maishani, na ambaye alikuwa mpenzi wa Kanumba, hakuweza kushiriki mazishi ya mpenzi wake. Hiyo nayo ni adhabu kubwa kwa Lulu kupewa na wanadamu wenzake.

Yumkini Lulu ana mapungufu yake kama mwanadamu, lakini, kwa sasa hastahili adhabu kali hiyo kutoka kwa wanajamii. Kwa kosa ambalo hakuna aliye na hakika leo kuwa amelitenda. Ndio, Lulu aweza kuwa mwanadamu mwenye mapungufu yake mengine, lakini , hayo yasitufanye wanadamu tuwe na haraka ya kumpa hukumu isiyo ya haki. Na kwenye mienendo ya maisha, ni mwanadamu gani asiye na mapungufu?

Maana, tangu mara ile ilipofahamika, kuwa msichana Elizabeth ‘ Lulu' Michael alikuwepo kwenye mazingira ya kutokea kwa kifo cha Kanumba, basi, jamii, huku ikisaidiwa na vyombo vya habari, haraka ikapata wa kumnyoshea kidole. Na hukumu ya Lulu kutoka kwa wanajamii walo wengi ikawa imetolewa hapo. Kwamba Lulu ndiye muuaji. Kwa sasa, hukumu hiyo haiwezi ikawa ya haki mpaka pale wenye mamlaka ya kututhibitishia hilo watakapofanya hivyo.

Na hata kama ugomvi, uliotokana na wivu wa kimapenzi , wa Lulu na mpenzi wake ulipelekea mauti ya Kanumba, bado maelezo tuliyoyasikia hayamwonyeshi Lulu kuwa na dhamira ya kutaka kutenda maovu anayohukumiwa na wanajamii kuwa kayatenda. Hivyo, naye, kama mwanadamu, anastahili msamaha kutoka kwa wanajamii wengi walo wema.

Katika wakati huu mgumu sana kwa msichana Lulu, vyombo vya habari viwe mbele katika kumsaidia Lulu kama mwanadamu mwenzetu, badala ya kutumia balaa lililomkuta kama mtaji wa kuandika na kutangaza udaku wa kuuzia magazeti na kuvutia watazamaji wa runinga na wasikilizaji wa redio.

Maana, kwa adhamiriae kutumia magumu yanayomkabili msichana Lulu kuvuna, basi, hana atakachokivuna zaidi ya kuvuna dhambi.

Badala yake, media isaidie katika kutufanya wanajamii tujitafakari. Kwa vile, habari za matukio ya mahusiano yasiyo na staha na matendo ya kiuhuni yanayofanywa na baadhi ya wanajamii wakiwemo wasanii, huwa yanashabikiwa na vyombo vya habari badala ya vyombo hivyo kushiriki kukemea na kuelimisha jamii. inasikitisha, kuwa katika wakati huu, vyombo hivyo vya habari vyaweza kabisa kuwa kwenye harakati za kuandaa stori zaidi za ‘ kumning’iniza’ zaidi Lulu ambaye tayari ameshaning’inizwa hadharani.

Ndugu zangu,

Kama wanajamii, na wengine kama wazazi. Lulu anabaki kuwa ni msichana mdogo anayehitaji kusaidiwa katika wakati huu mgumu kwa maisha yake. Yumkini vyombo vya dola vinaweza vimtie au visimtie hatiani. Hivyo, kumwachia huru Lulu.

Lakini, bado hukumu ya jamii ikabaki pale pale. Hukumu ya Lulu kutengwa na jamii. Hiyo ni hukumu mbaya zaidi inayoweza kuchangia hata kuyafupisha maisha ya msichana huyu mdogo. Jamii haina faida na hukumu kama hiyo. Ni heri ikamwacha huru aende akapambane na yanayomkabili mbele yake. Ndio, akapambane na maisha haya magumu ya dunia hii bila kujisikia kutengwa na wanajamii wenzake.

Na naamini, leo kuna wengi kama mimi, wenye kufikiri hili, kuwa jamii ya walo wema imsamehe Elizabeth ‘ Lulu’ Michael.

Na hilo ni Neno La Leo.

http://www.mjengwablog.com/

Maggid Mjengwa
Dar es Salaam.

Marehemu Kanumba Alipata Nafasi ya Kwenda Hollywood!

Kwenye taarifa hii kutoka gazeti la THE CITIZEN, wanasema kuwa marehemu Steven Kanumba alipata nafasi ya kuigiza katika sinema ya Hollywood. Alikuwa anajiandaa kwenda  Hollywood kabla ya kifo chake.  Nafasi hiyo alipata baada ya kushinda mashindano fulani nchini Ghana.

Wadau, kama navyoelewa Hollywood naweza kusema sidhani kama hii habari ni kweli. Huenda ni kweli alipata nafasi kufika Hollywood lakini si kama stelingi  (A-list) wa sinema. Wadau, siasa za Hollywood ni ngumu hasa kwa sisi weusi. Visa/Work Permit za waigizaji kutoka nje ya Marekani zinatolewa kwa wazungu kutoka nchi za Ulaya na Canada kwanza.  Mara nyingi wanatumia waigizaji waliopo hapa tayari. Waafrika kama marehemu Fela wamewahi kulalmika juu ya upungufu ya hizo visa kwa weusi.  Hivyo kama ni kweli marehemu Kanumba, alipata hiyo Visa/Work Permit kama mwigizaji kutoka Afrika itakuwa kama kashinda bahati nasibu. Wenye taarifa zaidi, hebu tujulishe. Ilikuwa kampuni gani inamsponsor?  Na kama ni kweli basi watampa MTanzania mwingine nafasi hiyo, hivyo akina Ray ...polish those audition skills.

REST IN PEACE STEVEN KANUMBA! IT IS  HARD TO BELIEVE YOU ARE REALLY GONE.

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KUTOKA THE CITIZEN
Dreams that Kanumba could not Live to Realise

Monday, 09 April 2012

The late Steven Kanumba

By Songa wa Songa

Dar es Salaam. Fallen movie star Steven Kanumba had won a chance to make what would have been a historic debut of a Tanzanian actor in Hollywood, we can report today.

The Citizen can also reveal that Kanumba was planning to permanently settle as a husband and father, all dreams which have now evaporated with his death on Saturday.

New details emerging now as the country continues to mourn the passing of the iconic actor indicate that he was set for unparalleled trajectory ever attained by a local film artiste as a Hollywood role would have not only added to his fame on the global stage, but also come with a hefty pay cheque.


Based in the United States, Hollywood is the epitome of the world movie industry and rakes in billions of dollars in annual revenues and has made millionaire actors even for the simplest of hit appearances.


Held closely to his chest, Kanumba had just arrived from Ghana a few days ago where he apparently won an audition for a Hollywood appearance.

“He was heading there not as an inspiration seeker like he did in the past but this time to work. He had his US visa ready but fate dictated otherwise,” revealed Mr Dennis Sweya popularly called Dino, a friend of Kanumba since 2003 when they first met in the start-up days at Kaole Sanaa Group.

“When he broke the news to me, I told him; ‘The Great’ once you make it, don’t forget me in your ‘kingdom’ and he replied ‘I will never forget you my brother,” said Dino.

The news of the US job was given credence when Kanumba’s mother Ms Flora Mutegoa told Journalists that her son called and asked her to urgently return to Dar es Salaam for a meeting ahead of his departure.

The mother was away in Kagera Region visiting the actor’s maternal grandmother and received the call on the same night that he died. Friends say mother and son were not only family but great friends.

Meanwhile, before his untimely demise, Kanumba was deeply longing for a family of his own.

Those who knew the person behind the personality say ‘The Great’ wanted to have children more than anything else and prayed to God to bring him the right woman to marry.

“He longed for the warmth of a family of his own to complement the success he had achieved so far,” said Dino who recalled that during his last meeting with Kanumba, the actor had played and joked with his kids while expressing his wish to have his own.

Yvonne Cheryl, an actor popularly known as Monalisa, said she had been taken aback by Kanumba’s great love for children seen in his recent works.

“He was not only making movies for children; he was making friendship with children of late and my own child was his best friend…they called each other and talked over the phone several times,” she said.

Kanumba’s friend and career rival Vincent Kigosi, also known as Ray, said his last work-in progress, Ndoa Yangu, which literary translates to My Marriage initially scheduled for release this month and his recently new-found film niche (for kids) told volumes on how he felt about family.

“I will remember and immortalize his work and life by making movies for children as he did during his last days,” said Ray.

In his recent interviews, Kanumba faulted those who envied his ‘little’ success, asserting that the last time he checked his vision and mission, he was not there yet.

“I feel proud to be a source of inspiration to many aspiring actors and actresses but I want everyone to understand that I have not yet achieved my biggest dream” he once said.

He said the two had purchased an expansive piece of land at Mbezi Mpiji with the vision of developing it into a Tollyhood village—residential villas and offices exclusively for the film industry.

But according to Mr Chiki Mchoma, the Bongo Movies coordinator, Steve Kanumba somehow knew that death had come very close to him. He says Kanumba called him one week ago, praised his work and said he wanted to talk to him in details.

“I was at the border on my way to a neighbouring country, so we did not talk much. But when I came back I met another friend whom Kanumba had also called and learned that he had bought a new Bible, wanted to meet and talk to all his friends; tell them their shortcomings and apologise for his own weaknesses and wrong doings” he said and added:

“I think he has died without accomplishing this noble mission…it is something he really wanted to do and he insisted on meeting in person.

The death of Steven Kanumba has sent both the national leaders and ordinary citizens into a deep sorrow with a huge crowd of mourners of all ages flocking his Sinza home since early Saturday morning throughout Easter Sunday.

Meanwhile, President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday led thousands of mourners in consoling the family, including Kanumba’s mother who was seemingly overwhelmed and remained speechless.

President Kikwete said the death of Kanumba has robbed Tanzania of its finest performing art ambassador at a time when his services were needed the most.

“I was scheduled to travel outside the country but upon receiving the sad news I decided to postpone the trip so that I could join you (Kanumba’s family), fellow Tanzanians and all his fans all over the world in mourning his demise,” he said

According to a programme issued last night, mourners will pay their last respects to Kanumba tomorrow at Leaders’ Club in Dar es Salaam before his burial at the nearby Kinondoni cemetery later in the day.

Meanwhile, the Kinondoni regional police commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Charles Kenyela, said last night police were continuing with investigations into Kanumba’s death.

He said the Police collected samples of drinks found in the room of the deceased and sent them to the chief government chemist for tests.

ACP Kenyela added that the police were also awaiting a postmortem report on the body of Kamumba from Muhimbili National Hospital pathologists.

The police are still questioning the 18-year-old girlfriend of the deceased identified as Elizabeth Michael alias Lulu.

Maelezo ya Kifo Cha Kanumba - Polisi

Cheti Cha Mortuary  - Steven Kanumba

Kifo cha Kanumba - Magazeti yanasema nini Bongo?

Kutoka THE CITIZEN

Mystery surrounds movie star’s death
Saturday, 07 April 2012 21:39

The Citizen Reporters

Dar es Salaam. Police are busy trying to resolve a mystery surrounding the shocking death of movie star Steven Charles Kanumba, who died in Dar es Salaam yesterday, shortly after picking a quarrel with his girlfriend.

The Bongo movie iconic actor, 28, was pronounced dead on arrival at Muhimbili National Referral Hospital where he had been rushed by his doctor, a family member and close friends. He died at around 3am.

The Kinondoni Regional Police Commander, Mr Charles Kenyela, said Kanumba had been rushed to the hospital unconscious from his city home in Sinza suburb.

“Initial reports indicate that he fell in his bedroom where he was with the 18-year-old girlfriend identified as Elizabeth Michael,” said Mr Kenyela. The girl, also an actor commonly referred to as ‘Lulu’, has been cohabiting with Kanumba for some time now.

Mr Kenyela confirmed they were holding Ms Lulu for questioning. She was still locked up at the Oysterbay police station last night.

The police chief said investigations were still in the initial stages, and as such, it was too early to draw conclusions on the cause of the death, but promised to issue a detailed statement upon completion of the exercise. He confirmed that a postmortem was also underway at the hospital’s mortuary.

According to Mr Kenyela, Lulu told them that Kanumba fell down and hit his head on the concrete wall and passed out on the spot. “She said the deceased just slumped to the ground and hit the concrete once they were in the bedroom,” he said in a telephone interview with The Citizen.

He said the girl told the police Kanumba had picked a quarrel with her after they had arrived home at about 1am, over a telephone call she had received a short while earlier.


“Lulu claimed when he got aggressive, she attempted to run away but Kanumba caught up with her outside the gate and took her back to the bedroom. She says he collapsed as soon as he locked the door and hit the wall,” Kenyela explained.

The police took from the scene a glass and bottle of whisky which the deceased was believed to have been drinking. Other witnessed claimed they also saw them dust the wall and also take away a sword found in the bedroom.

News about the death spread fast and shocked the nation where the self made actor had attracted tremendous following and liking for his quick success in the film industry spanning almost decade.

His talent not only made him a household name locally, but also in other countries like Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Ghana and Nigeria, if social network post yesterday are anything to go by.

Thousands of fans rushed to the hospital as soon as they got wind of the incident. The crowds welled by the second outside his house gate, forcing the police to intervene to cordon the highway for smooth traffic flow.

Fellow actors wailed uncontrollably and some fainted on arriving at the home to join other mourners, whom included Cabinet ministers, and top public and private sector executives.

The grief galvanized the entire nation and other countries where Kanumba had made a name for himself as one of the rising actors in the continent. A close friend and South Africa based Tanzanian model Happiness Magesse could not hold her tears and broke on national television during an interview in the morning.

At Muhimbili, close associates and comrades cried and huddled in disbelief when they witnessed his body being removed from his brand new Toyota VX land cruiser and wheeled him into the mortuary.

The super star’s burial plans would likely be announced later today as his mother was being awaited last night from Bukoba town where she is based.

Lulu aka Elizabeth Michael Afurahia kuwa na miaka 18!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4FtMCz9Ngs&feature=player_embedded#!

Zamaradi Mtetema anamhoji msanii Elizabeth 'Lulu' Michael kuhusu maisha yake akiwa na miaka 18 na si mtoto tena.

Inadaiwa ilitokea ugomvi kati ya yeye na marehemu Steven Kanumba na ndo chanzo chanzo cha kifo cha Kanumba.