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‘You're the guy’ - Zari says Shakib is first man to give her a wedding ring

In April, Shakib flew to South Africa and told Zari that he had been talking to some people in the Islamic community, including Sheikhs about marrying her.
Zari and Shakib
Zari and Shakib

In April, Lutaaya, better known as Shakib, married Zari in a quasi-private wedding ceremony held in South Africa.

According to Zari, Shakib is her first husband. With her late baby daddy, Ivan Semwanga, they only stopped at the introduction ceremony.

"You're the guy," Zari said in a media interview, "my husband.

"He is the first to give me a wedding ring and tell me, I want you to be my wife.

"I don't even know how you did that."

"Ssemwanga introduced me," Zari went on.

"It was public knowledge, he introduced me but we didn't get married," she continued.

"Rest His Soul in Peace; He was a great person. But Lutaaya is the first to give me a wedding ring."

Zari and Ivan Semwanga's introduction ceremony was held in Munyonyo, Kampala in 2011.

Zari 'charged' Semwanga, who had initially brought 100 cows as dowry, 300, saying each 100 was for a child. They had three kids together.

Shakib Lutaaya first hinted at marrying Zari in 2022, according to the latter's recent talk.

"I think last year, jokingly, my husband said, I'm gonna marry you," said Zari.

"And that's why people always say, be careful what you manifest. Watch your tongue. He was like, I'm gonna marry you.

She said after Shakib made the promise, she also took to Snapchat to share the news, but as a joke.

So, in April, Cham flew to South Africa and told her he had been talking to some people in the Islamic community, including Sheikhs about marrying her.

She said he planned everything in 24 to 48 hours.  

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