Zari came, wowed and left

the country millions richer

Monday, June 13, 2022

By the time South African based Ugandan socialite Zari

Hassan was jetting out of the country Saturday morning
after a three-day visit to Nairobi, she was said to be at
least Sh2.5 million richer. Her stay was a mix of business
and pleasure garnished with a diva mentality.

But if there is one thing that came out clearly from the trip,
it is that the 41-year-old mother of five, known as The
Boss Lady, alias the Ugandan sauce, isn’t easy to work
with.

When she touched down at Jomo Kenyatta International

Airport (JKIA) last Wednesday morning, flanked by her
new young lover, who is yet be identified for fear of being
trolled, manager Galston Antony, a cameraman and a
friend only identified as Sofia, there was a lot of
excitement on Instagram, where Zari has over 10 million
followers. It was fuelled by reports that she was in the
country to shoot an episode of season 2 of the
blockbuster ‘Young, Famous and African’ reality show that
premiered in March.

Wedding bells for Diamond and Zari?

 Diamond’s wife takes on her ‘haters’

Netflix is yet to officially put up the show for renewal or

cancellation, as the video streaming platform takes
several months before arriving at such a decision.

Zari’s baby daddy

The presence of Zari’s baby daddy, bongo flava sensation
Diamond Platnumz, who also jetted into the country a day
after, might have added fuel to the Netflix report, as both
appeared on the reality show.

This is despite the socialite announcing earlier via her

Instagram her itinerary during the visit in Kenya, stating
that she would be engaged in a marketing activity with
Fine Urban Interiors, a Kenyan Interior and Consultancy
firm, as well as host an all-white party which went down at
the XS Millionaire night club on Thursday night.

However, the two former lovers who dated for four years
siring two kids before parting ways in February 14, 2018,
with Zari blasting Diamond for being a serial cheat, didn’t
get a chance to link up while in Nairobi.

While Diamond checked in at the Movenpick Hotel located

in Westlands, Zari stayed at the Radisson Blu, Arboretum.

Business meeting
Nation learnt that Diamond was in the country for a
business meeting with Kenya’s betting firm OdiBet top
honchos, which has partnered with Wasafi Bet, launched
by the bejewelled singer in December last year.

Whereas Diamond made public his arrival in Nairobi, he

jetted out quietly on Friday morning returning to Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania. On Thursday, Zari spent the better part
of her day doing photos and video shoots to market the
newly built multi-million shillings mansion in Runda
Mumwe Estate by Fine Urban Interiors.

The day before, the construction firm which paid for her
trip to the country, flew her to Namanga, for a reveal and
review of another exquisite mansion under their portfolio.

In Runda, Nation journalists who got wind of her

whereabouts waited for hours to interview her but this
didn’t happen as the shoot ended at 9pm.

An exhausted Zari had to dash to her hotel room to

freshen up before heading for the XS Millionaire club for
the all-white party.

“She is tired for the day and she has to go get ready for
the party.

Let’s have this interview tomorrow at 12:30pm. We didn’t

have it (the interviews) in our schedule now we have. You
have my word 12:30pm tomorrow,” manager Antony told
the journalists.
Full to capacity
At XS Millionaire, the club was full to capacity, despite the
gate entrance being Sh2,000. There were sets of
reservation tables with ballers going for Sh200,000, VVIP
Sh100,000 and VIP Sh50,000. All tables were taken.

For her appearance at the XS Millionaire, Zari was paid

Sh800,000, a close source who took part in brokering the
deal disclosed to Nation.

Friday noon, Zari was back at Runda Mumwe to continue

with the shoots that dragged on until 3:30pm. She turned
down journalists request for an interview, citing
exhaustion and lack of trust in the Kenyan media.

“People don’t really know that I am very shy in person.

Besides, I don’t trust media, they like to twist stories,” said
Zari when she was requested to spare some minutes for
the journalists.

Even intervention by the Fine Urban lead designer

Cleophas Nyagaka didn’t bear fruit as the socialite stood
her ground.

Marketing mansions
For her services to market the mansions, Zari was paid
Sh1.7 million, a sum Fine Urban remained coy about.

“She was paid Sh1.7 million for her services to come have
shoots and review the mansion and by the way, it wasn’t
easy getting her here. Convincing her about this project
really took a lot of effort,” disclosed a source to the
Nation.

Despite collecting the staggering amount in those few

days, Zari had to refund some Sh200,000 to Spoton
Vacations Limited, a tours, travel and events company,
having opted out of a deal last minute. Spoton had paid
the sum to have Zari on a game drive tour and had hoped
to use the experience to create content to market their
firm. However, they were left counting losses especially
after hiring game drive vans that were to ferry her to the
park. Zari flew to her motherland, Uganda, and will start a
five-day visit to Tanzania next week.