Lulu’s Side of the story as Kanumba is Buried
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| Elizabeth Michael aka Lulu Akistarehe (Picha kwa hisani ya Global Publishers) |
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.
Tatizo la Lulu ni kawa GOLDDIGGER!
ReplyDeleteMAMA Mzazi wa staa wa maigizo Bongo, Elizabeth Michael ‘Lulu’, Lucresia Karugila (pichani) amekiri kupata wakati mgumu kumlea mwanaye kiasi cha kukosa usingizi.
ReplyDeleteLucresia alisema katika ‘one on one’ na paparazi wetu Jumapili iliyopita kuwa mwanaye anamshinda ujanja, kwani mara nyingi huwa anamwambia anakwenda kwa rafiki zake lakini baadaye inakuja kugundulika kinyume chake.Alisema, magazeti ndiyo humgutusha na kubaini kwamba kumbe mwanaye alimdanganya.
“Anaweza kuniambia anakwenda kwa rafiki yake lakini baadaye nakuja kuona picha gazetini kumbe alikuwa klabu, inanisikitisha hasa kwa sababu nampenda mwanangu,” alisema Lucresia.
Aliendelea kusema kuwa Lulu akiwa nyumbani ni mtoto mzuri, kwahiyo hata habari za kulewa ameziona kwenye gazeti.
Mama huyo aliongeza kuwa havutiwi na skendo za mara kwa mara kuhusu mwanaye, hasa ya ulevi na vitendo vingine vinavyokwenda kinyume na maadili kwenye jamii.Lucresia alisema: “Mara nyingi matukio ya Lulu yanatokea nikiwa safarini, ananipigia simu na kuniambia anakwenda kwa rafiki yake au sehemu yoyote inayokubalika lakini baadaye nasikia tofauti gazetini.
“Ananidanganya, lakini mimi nampenda mwanangu, napenda awe mtu safi kwenye jamii, azidi kufanikiwa kwa kipaji chake, kwahiyo nikiona jambo baya huwa namkanya.”
Aliendelea kusema: “Unadhani kama mtu anakuaga anakwenda kwenye kazi zake za filamu halafu unakuja kuona tofauti utafanya nini? Kwahiyo mimi huwa namkanya ili awe mtoto bora.”Mbali na kauli hiyo, Mama Lulu pia alipiga picha mbalimbali na mwanaye, huku akimkumbatia, hivyo kusherehesha kauli yake kuwa anampenda na ataendelea kumlea katika misingi bora.
MIMI NI MAMA KWAKWELI KTK NAFASI ZOTE MBILI NIKIWA KM MAMA WA MAREHEMU AU MAMA WA MTUHUMIWA NAJARIBU KUPATA FEELINGS PANDE ZOTE MBILI IWAPO KM MAMA, INAUMA MAMA WA MAREHEMU KUMPOTEZA MTOTO WAKE KIPENZI KWAKWELI NIMEUMIA SANA MBALI NA USHABIKI NIMEUMIA KM MZAZI, NA VILEVILE UPANDE WA PILI WA SHILINGI, NIKICHUKUA NAFASI KM MZAZI WA MTUHUMIWA ANAJISIKIAJE? JAMII INAMUONAJE NA NINI HATIMA YA MWANAE HAPO BAADAE... TUNACHUKULIA MZAHA MZAHA, KUAMBIWA UMEUA SI KITU KIDOGO, NA KWA UMRI WAKE NI ISSUE NZITO KUKABILIANA NAYO KISAIKOLOJIA, LAKINI KIKUBWA SIMLAUMU MTUHUMIWA NAMLAUMU MZAZI WAKE MALEZI YALIKUWA HAYANA MAADILI NIMEFATILIA KWA KARIBU HISTORIA YA MALEZI YA MTUHUMIWA, NIMEGUNDUA MAMA AMECHANGIA KWAKIASI KIKUBWA MTOTO HUYU KUWA HAPO LEO,NANI ANAJUA LULU ANALALA NJE? MBALI NA NYUMBANI NA MAMA YAKE HAONI AJABU? UMRI ULE, NA IWEJE MTOTO MDOGO WA UMRI ULE FAMILIA IMTEGEMEE? WAKATI MAMA YAKE ANAFANYA BIASHARA NDOGONDOGO, NA MAREHEMU ALIKUWA AKIENDA KWAKINA LULU KUMCHUKUA MAMA YAKE ALIKUWA ANAJUA? IWAPO MAMA UNAKAA BAR ASUBUHI UKINYWA UNATEGEMEA MTOTO ATAJIFUNZA NINI? MTUHUMIWA ALIPOFUKUZWA SHULE MAMA ULITAKIWA UKABILIANE NALO KUMRUDISHA MTOTO KWENYE MSTARI NA SI KUMUAMISHA UKAONA UMEMSAIDIA BILA KUMKANYA? NINA MENGI YA KUANDIKA AMBAYO SI SAWA..LULU NI MTOTO AMBAE BADO ANAHITAJI KUSOMA BADO, ASILEWE USANII AKAONA AMEMALIZA KILA KITU, LEO MAMA ANFURAHIA MTOTO ANARUDI NA BURUNGUTU KESHO ATARUDI NA UKIMWI USO WAKO UTAINAMISHIA WAPI?
ReplyDeleteJuzi niliandika KIFO CHA KANUMBA FUNDISHO KWA VIJANA WA KILEO. Mimi sijawahi kuwa shabaki wa bongo movie. Huwa naangalia labda nikiwa kwenye vyombo vya usafiri. Ukiwa msomaji wa novel mbalimbali (sio za shigongo) na ukibahatika kuangali filamu za nje...mfano za Matt Damon, born identity, born supremacy. Au angalia The God Father. Kamwe huwezi shawishika kuangalia huu uozo wa bongo movie. Msanii unakuta anamiliki PRADO na kupanga nyumba ya mil 7 kwa mwezi hana hata kiwanja. Kazi yake starehe tu. Wasanii wa bongo usiku kwao ndio kumekucha, hawalali. Asubuhi unawakuta kwenye bar wanakunywa supu ya kongoro, yaani ni kinyaa tupu. Wasanii karibu wote wametengwa na wazazi wao.
ReplyDeleteUkifuatilia Tweet Page za Kanumba na Elizabeth Michael aka Lulu utaona kuwa walijaribu kutumia majina ya Mopao na Cindy labda kunogesha chat yao au katika kupoteza maboya wafuasi wao kwenye mtandao huo wa kijamii au labda kujifananisha na nguli ambaye Kanumba mwenyewe aliwahi kukiri kuwa anampenda sana Koffi Charles Olomide Mopao Sakonzy, huku Kanumba akimuita Lulu Cindy na Lulu akimuita Kanumba Mopao.
ReplyDeleteKanumba alikuwa mpenzi mkubwa sana wa Bolingo na jina la Mopao ni jina la Koffi Olomide ambaye mashabiki wanamuita Mopao Mokonzi. Koffi amekuwa kwenye uhusiano wa kimapaenzi na muimbaji wake wa kike anayejulikana kwa jina la Cindy Le Coeur ambaye kwa sasa ndiye mke wake kipenzi. Koffi wakati akiaanza uhusiano na Cindy ilikuwa ni siri na iliandikwa sana kwenye vyombo vya habari lakini kila mara walipoulizwa walikana mpaka kwenye Birthday ya Cindy ndipo Koffi alipovunja ukimya na pale alipomzawadia gari aina ya Jaguar baba yake na Cindy na mpaka wa leo Cindy ambaye anakuja kwa kasi kwenye wanamuziki wa kike na amejizolea umaarufu kwa nyimbo zake za Koffi Chante Cindy ambapo amekuwa akizirudia nyimbo za taratibu za Koffi tangu enzi hizo.
Sasa baada ya kukueleza hayo soma Tweet za mwisho za Kanumba “Mopao” na Lulu “Cindy”.
Ngomong opo ae wong ireng2 iki.. Aku durung ngerti opo kamsude, mugo2 ae podo apik, makmur, sugih kabeh..
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