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Zari Hassan reveals details of her planned white wedding later this year


Renowned Ugandan socialite and entrepreneur, Zari Hassan, has disclosed her plans to have a white wedding before the end of the year.

Zari, who is the former partner of music sensation Diamond Platnumz, spoke about her upcoming nuptials during a conversation with bloggers upon her arrival in Tanzania.

“Our marriage was a private affair and it occurred as planned. Inshallah, before the year ends, we will have our white wedding. We have chosen Uganda as the location, considering our families are based there.”

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“It will be held on a weekend, and since he (Shakib) is my husband, I will accompany him. I opted out of having a celebration because I didn’t want people to claim that I financed it myself,” Zari said.

The mother of five shared details of her traditional wedding to her husband Shakib Lutaaya, , which took place in April in South Africa during the holy month of Ramadhan.

While in Tanzania primarily on work commitments, Zari took the opportunity to shed light on her plans for a white wedding.

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Regarding allegations of her husband Shakib abandoning his previous wife for her, Zari gave her side of the story.

“Shakib was not someone else’s husband when we got together. That particular woman and Shakib were dating, and she assisted him in securing papers to travel to America, which facilitated the visa process,” she explained.

She said the woman in question was already pregnant with another man’s child at that time.

Zari also said she has almost everything she wanted in life, and that is for her wedding gift, her husband gifted her a Quran.

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