Wema Sepetu is remembering the late Steve Kanumba who was murdered ten years ago.
The acting fraternity in Tanzania on Thursday April 7th, paid tribute ot his memory and his contribution to the acting industry.
Wema was among them and penned a cute love note to him. ‘Rest Easy Booboo… 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼’
Wema and Steve dated and fell out at some point.
Kanumba died after an accidental fall during an argument with his girlfriend actress Elizabeth Michael for which she was charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Back in 2020, Wema on her cooking show divulged that she aborted two of his pregnancies. The first abortion was an agreement between them (Wema and Kanumba) but the second one was done secretly without Kanumba’s knowledge.
Her reason for getting the abortions was that she was still very young and not ready to be a mother.
Later, Kanumba’s mother told Wema that a curse had been placed on her and that is the reason Wema can’t conceive to date.
Former Miss Tanzania Wema Sepetu has landed a lucrative deal as a brand ambassador for sanitary pads.
Wema told of her pride and joy in a cute note about supporting the ideals of Unicorn Hygiene ltd that read
‘Furaha nilionayo kuwa Mwanafamilia wa Supermate Sanitary Pads… @supermate_tz @supermate_tz Try them Now & Thank Me Later… Get to Feel The Difference with our Supermate…💜 Purple is my new Favorite color…’
Fans are happy for her following allegations that she is as broke as a church mouse.
Tanzanian actress Wema Sepetu has responded to the claims she has been using a taxi for years because she can’t afford a car.
In a recent interview uploaded on YouTube by Foxe TV, Wema said she has a right to live the way she wants.
“So what if I use a taxi? It is my own life and as long as I am okay with it, I care less,” she said.
“Everyone is entitled to their opinion. People can talk all they want because it is normal to talk about others. After all, I also talk about other people but you don’t have to make somebody know what you gossip about them.”
Her response comes after Aristote, a popular Tanzanian salon owner went in an interview and said Wema is poor.
In a viral video, he said Wema does not make money from her social media.
“If that is what makes him happy, let him continue because I don’t care as long as it does not cost me anything.”
Wema added that she has not owned a car for two years.
Recently, Wema Sepetu hosted the late Steve Kanumba’s mother on her cooking show where she asked the grieving woman whom she thought killed her son.
This question has led to problems between Wema and Elizabeth Michael who was jailed for killing Kanumba.
Mama Steve Kanumba is still bitter with actress Elizabeth ‘Lulu’ for pushing her son who accidentally hit the edge of the bed and sadl succumbed to his injuries.
Elizabeth Michael was sentenced to two years in prison by a Dar Es Salaam High Court which found the actress guilty of manslaughter.
Elizabeth this past weekend October 16, was interviewed and asked if she is still friends with Wema inspite of the question. Lulu said no.
“Mimi na yeye sidhani tunamatatizo. Yeye aliongea yenye ilistahili kuongeleka, reaction yangu mimi nahisi yeye aliona kila kitu iko sawa lakini mimi unless kama anahisi she is guilty if she think we are good then we are good unless she thinks otherwise.”
Lulu added
“Nilimunfollow an aliwahi kunitumia message sijawahi mjibu katika text zake hakuhisi kama amefanya vibaya, yeye haoni kama amekosea”
“That question she asked ni kama uchochezi. Kuanzia hapo hatujawahi kuwasiliana, yeye haoni kama amekosea nadhani pengine hapo ndo ubinadamu wangu uliponishika.” Lulu answered.
Lulu was speaking while unveiling her new shop LizyPayLess.
After celebrating her birthday a week ago, Miss Tanzania 2006 wants to be loved. She is asking if she is difficult to love and what she can do about it.
Wema Sepetu in a viral post on Instagram indicated she is ready to receive someone’s son, and experience real love.
“Somebody’s Son gon Love me soooo hard One Day…. Im Telling You…☺️😜☺️😜☺️😜 Mama wakwe, Mawifi, Mashemeji na Kadhalika mtaona wivu wa Ajab🤪🤪🤪… (Just Kidding cause im a Lovely person) Sidhani kama Im difficult to Love… Au tuwaulize walopita…”
Wema however believes that whoever deserves her, earns her.
“I miss to Be in Love tho… 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ But im Happy…”
Wema who has been crying out about her childnessness wrote ‘I’m sooooo jealous congrats baby’
But Vanessa reached out assuring her in Gods time.
‘One day you will share a testimony too and it will be beautiful and you will have a child. Inn Jesus name! Amen’
This is not the first time Wema has expressed her feelings at not being blessed. When Wolper Stylish delivered her baby boy, Wema congratulated her and also wondered when her blessing at mother hood would be.
Fans flooded her comment section with tributes for their favorite celebrity.
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Happy birthday madam Wema mdada mwenye roho yako mungu akakupe hitaji la roho yako mamy
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Happy birthday mdogo wangu. Mungu azidi kukutunza milele
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happy birthday wishing your day is as SPECIAL as you are. happy birthday WEMA!!!
On the Tuesday morning conversation, the topic was about something Tanzanian beauty Wema Sepetu said. Over the weekend on her cooking show, Wema said she loves being beaten because after that the man has to bembeleza her.
Maina couldn’t understand this begging the audience to explain.
“She said she loves a man that can beat her once in a while. that she loves the process of pacifying her after”
“I remember when I fell in love with a certain man, he told me he would never beat up a woman. Then he beat me up,I enjoyed it. Being beaten by your baby has its own joy, especially when he starts pacifying you, But not being beaten like a thief, just a little. And should do just once, not daily.”
“We can’t all be the same, there are those that don’t like it but for me, it’s very healthy,” Wema said
Wema Sepetu on her cooking show (1)
Wema dated Diamond Platnumz and once accused him of beating her. Maina wanted to know from Classic audience why.
“Are you addicted to a bad boy? A man who disrespects you but you can’t leave him, ni nini mbaya? what is wrong?
Wema said she enjoys it because he will later have to pacify her a process that she enjoys, aki ya ngai these ladies” Maina added.
Co host Mwalimu weighed in saying “kuna ladies hata ukimwabia atoke hawezi toka even if you tell her to leave haezi toka. Everybody warns you against this man na bado uko huko”
“There are women addicted to nasty men, what keeps you there ladies and you can’t explain it that’s the crazy thing maina asked. ‘what is the attraction?’
Tanzania Miss 2006 Wema Sepetu has tongues wagging after remarking that she misses being subjected to domestic abuse by an ex.
In 202, she admitted that Diamond Platnumz used to beat her and this latest confession comes after Diamond in a new song Naanzaje said he misses Wema.
Wema on her Instagram wrote the alarming comments “Nakumbuka zamani wakati naanza mapenzi na mwanaume flani, alishanitamkia hajawahi na hatowahi kumpiga mwanamke… Ila kwangu bwana akagonga mwamba na hicho kiapo… Kiukweli nili enjoy sana…😂😂😂
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Moral of the story: Kupigwa na baby wako kuna raha yake, haswa pale kwenye kubembelezana… Ila sasa sio tupigane kama wezi… Kidogo tu sio mbaya… Alafu iwe mara moja moja sio Daily… 😉😉😉
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Sio lazima wote tufanane… Kuna wasio penda kupigwa ila as for me, kushtua shtua one tym one tym is very Healthy jamani….”
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In an interview with Ijumaa Wikienda in 2020, the actress disclosed that one thing she misses about dating Diamond Platnumz was how he used to “beat her up”. Wema added that she loved it because he gave her attention thereafter.
“He would beat me up thoroughly.
“Ironically, I loved it when he battered me, I just don’t know why that was the case. But, I remember he would pamper me after assaulting me, and, I think I loved it because he’d give me attention after the battering. Honestly speaking, I miss being beaten up by him, a lot.
“I remember there was a day he saw a suggestive message on my phone. Out of anger, he gave me a hard slap on the cheek. My siblings came to know that I was a victim of domestic abuse. They pleaded with me to leave him, but I told them that they should leave me alone as I was enjoying being beaten up by him.”
And it seems she has heard the whispers because on her Instagram stories, she can be seen dancing seductively to the song severally.
She can be seen smiling to someone on the side and touching herself. She responds with another smile adding ‘do not disturb’ as she watches a movie.
This is not likely to sit well with Zari who famously bullies Wema in man body shaming comments.
She also plays a song by Christina Aguilera captioning love quotes that say ‘He intrigues me with every move till I’m breathless I’m helpless I can’t keep my cool..”
Wema Sepetu is in a bad spot at the moment. In case you haven’t heard yet, the former model is being accused of conning her fans about her dramatic weight loss a few years ago.
This comes after a Kenyan company called Viva Serenity claimed that it had sponsored her bariatric surgery.
Bariatric(or weight loss surgery) includes a variety of procedures performed on people who are obese. Long-term weight loss through standard of care procedures (Roux en-Y bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch) is largely achieved by altering gut hormone levels that are responsible for hunger and satiety, leading to a new hormonal weight set point.
According to sources, Viva Serenity sponsored Wema’s bypass surgery that contributed to her amazing and drastic weight loss.
Wema Sepetu before she lost weight
In turn, she was supposed to market Viva Serenity using her story and bodyweight transformation. Instead, she returned back home, disappeared, and switched off her phone, making it hard for Viva to reach her.
The Wema Sepetu and Zari Hassan beef had been quiet for the past few years. Many people forget that the two celebs had a tiff back in the past after Zari started dating Wema’s ex, Diamond a few months after they had broken up.
But Zari is one person who enjoys beefing and taking pot-shots. Last week, she got the opportunity to diss Wema while responding to a commentator on her Instagram page.
Zari leaning on her car
Zarinah took shots at the former Miss Tanzania winner saying that she was too skinny because she didn’t have any food.
As seen on the post, Zari wrote;
“It’s Ramadahan na natoa msada. She could use some free food, naona kabakisha kichwa tu. Iyo njaa, let her eat some food, she will be fine.”
Wema tried to stay above the beef, responding with a passive-aggressive jab about not fighting her elders but it seems that that reply didn’t have the intended effect and she has had to add a more pithy one.
Taking to her Instagram page, Wema wrote, “Naomba niseme hivi, Sipendi chokochoko… Maana Kunya anye kuku, akinya bata kaharisha sio… Kama maneno always yanaanziaga upande wa pili but ilivyo ada Wema ndo huonekana mwenye tatizo…”
According to Wema, she is now fed up with the insults and the beef people keep dragging her into. For this reason, the lass concluded her post saying,
“Nimechoka… Cause mi mdomo mchafu ninao haswaaaa but kuamuaga kukaa kimya nisionekane mjinga basi… Its Eid at the end of the day… Sitaki chokochoko…‼️ Ifike point niachwe jamani…. Akhaaa…‼️Jus wanted to address this na sitohitaji maoni ya mtu yoyote… Mkadiscuss huko kwa page zenu na sitaki kuziona… Nitakuwa busy na Eid yangu mie… Hope everyone has fun… Too much Love from me to You…”
Zari Hassan is one of the most admired women in East and Central Africa. Her Instagram following is just the surface-level proof of her popularity on the interwebs.
One of the reasons that people like her is that while she might be wealthy and have a life that most would envy, she also has some habits that remind the public that she has some of their failings, especially her delicious pettiness.
This is after a fan wrote to Zari saying; “Zari wee mbwa wako hajapotea kama wa Wema? 😆 alafu Wema alikujibu vibaya Boss Lady.”
Zari’s response was quick and to the point, saying, “It’s Ramadan and natoa msaada. She could use some free food, naona kabakisha kichwa tu. Iyo ni njaa, let her eat some food, she will be fine.”
Well, according to Zari, she will not argue with a starving person. And what was Wema’s response to the diss? She decided to take the high road, sort off.
Her response can be taken as passive-aggressive as she says she can’t argue with her elder (Hahaha! Kwani how old is Zarinah now?) saying, “Kugombana na watu wazima ni kujitafutia laana… Na mimi nina heshima sana kwa wakubwa zangu… Pia ni mskivu… Nafanyia kazi ushauri… ☺️☺️☺️.”
The two have never seen eye to eye. Don’t forget that both dated Diamond Platnumz in the past. In fact, Wema has bemoaned the fact that she couldn’t get a child for Diamond, something Zarinah did.
Wema Sepetu has always suspected that the reason she hasn’t had a child until now is that she was cursed by her ex-boyfriend, the late actor Steven Kanumba.
Wema Sepetu with Steven Kanumba
During their relationship, Wema got pregnant twice with Steven’s kids, which she always aborted something that has haunted her to this day. Last year she confessed that she believed her issues with not getting a child is because of the curse.
”I feel like Kanumba cursed me. This is because he really wanted to see me, he would call every day two weeks before his death. We were to meet but we were super busy we could not. He called like four times but we could not meet. We finally met,” Wema said.
Wema Sepetu with Steven Kanumba
‘He told me I owe him, he told me I will not get babies with anyone else because he was the father of my babies. He told me I owe him two babies. This is because I had terminated two of his pregnancies. Every time we used to meet he would remind me that I owe him. I saw him on Wednesday and I heard he was dead on Thursday,” she added.
Her theory was confirmed by the late Kanumba’s mom when she was a guest on her show, “Cook With Wema” a few weeks ago.
”Whatever you have been saying, my son told me the same. He even said you may look for the richest man and maybe try to get a kid but it will never be possible, unless you went back to him, you could never get a kid. He told me that unfortunately, you would have gone back to him when he is poor and broke.” Kanumba’s mum told Wema.
My question is this? Does her explanation of Kanumba’s curse being the reason she has had issues getting a child stand up to scrutiny or does science offer up other possible reasons?
First theory-The power of the mind
A study by Alia Crum, PhD, who directs the Stanford Mind and Body Lab in a 2018 Stanford News feature said, “Our minds aren’t passive observers, simply perceiving reality as it is. Our minds actually change reality.”
Her work is revealing how the mind can shape perceptions and health, as described in the piece:
People who believe doing physical work in a job counts as exercise live longer lives, independent of how much exercise they actually get. Likewise, telling people a milkshake they drank was ‘indulgent’ made them feel more full. Telling them a drink they were consuming had caffeine raised their blood pressure.
The mind also plays a critical role in the perception of pain, as research by clinical psychologist Beth Darnall, PhD, has shown. “Pain is highly responsive to each person’s psychology and mindset,’ Darnall said. Those who expect worse pain, ruminate on it and feel helpless about it – what’s called pain catastrophizing – feel more intense pain, stay longer in hospitals after surgery and often require more painkillers. On the other hand, those who shift to a positive mindset feel less pain, spend less time in hospitals and require fewer pain medications.
In 2018, Wema revealed that she had suffered a miscarriage. At the time, the former model was much heavier than she is right now. Could that have been the issue in her suffering the miscarriage and not the convenient excuse of a dead man’s curse?
Wema Sepetu emerged onto the celebrity scene when she won the 2006 Miss Tanzania title. Her win instantly made her the toast of the town and saw her leverage her fame for acting roles where she met movie-star Steven Kanumba.
While many might associate the petite beauty with Diamond Platnumz’s, her first major relationship was with the late Kanumba.
Wema Sepetu with Steven Kanumba
The two made for the perfect celebrity couple at the time-a sort of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston comparison (I know I exaggerate).
During their relationship, Wema got pregnant twice with Steven’s kids, which she always aborted, something that has haunted her to this day as she believes that he cursed her.
Her theory was confirmed by the late Kanumba’s mom when she was a guest on her show, Cook With Wema. During the interview, Kanumba’s mum openly admitted she knew about Wema’s abortion because it really hurt her son.
Kanumba’s mum disclosed her son had revealed to her that he was hurt by Wema’s actions, and because of that had laid a curse on her.
”Whatever you have been saying, my son told me the same. He even said you may look for the richest man and maybe try to get a kid but it will never be possible, unless you went back to him, you could never get a kid. He told me that unfortunately, you would have gone back to him when he is poor and broke.” Kanumba’s mum told Wema.
This information comes barely a year after Miss Sepetu publicly confessed to doing away with the late legendary actor’s pregnancy.
Wema Sepetu with Steven Kanumba
She revealed this while answering a question on whether she thinks Kanumba left her with a curse. ”I feel like Kanumba cursed me. This is because he really wanted to see me, he would call everyday two weeks before his death. We were to meet but we were super busy we could not. He called for like four times but we could not meet. We finally met at Bilcanas, he told me, see where we get to meet,” Wema said.
‘He told me I owe him, he told me I will not get babies with anyone else because he was the father of my babies. He told me I owe him two babies. This is because I had terminated two of his pregnancies. Every time we used to meet he would remind me that I owe him. I saw him on Wednesday and I heard he was dead on Thursday,” she added.
The petite lady has finally divulged this in an interview with Global publishers where she went on to talk about battling a chest related problem.
She narrated that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia which almost left her lifeless, saying that she not only struggled with the congested chest but also unbearable pain from all the coughing.
During the interview, the actress added that the pneumonia at some point left her feeling like she was about to lose her life; since at some point she couldn’t even breathe. The chocolate entertainer said;
“I thought it was the end of me and opted to share photos on Instagram so that in case of any (bad) news, people would know I was going through a lot of pain. Some might think it’s a joke but given how I was feeling, I saw my death. I was unable to breathe…I went through a lot of pain,” Wema told Global Publishers.
She mentioned that she plans on making a Dua (Muslim prayer of supplication) to God for saving her life.
They end up becoming enemies with each other. Just ask Tanasha Donna and Zari Hassan or Hamisa Mobetto and Wema Sepetu who have all dated East Africa’s biggest musician.
Also, the subject of Diamond’s mom had been a borne of contention for the two as Wema called out Hamisa for apparently discussing Mama Dangote on national radio, something that Hamisa responded to in a low-key diss at Wema.
To which Hamisa replied, “ Umeamka na Mahaba mazito sanaaa leo …. Thank You sweetheart ❤️.”
On Hamisa’s birthday on December 10, Wema showered her with love and praises through Instagram post.
She wrote: “Happy Birthday to you sweetness…Deep down in my heart kuna mapenzi mengi sana kwako (and u know it)…Enjoy ur Big Day Fabulously kama ulivyo wewe…”
Back in 2018, Wema Sepetu and a man she called future husband were in trouble after their nVdes leaked online, a crime in Tanzania that can result in jail time.
She was hauled to court to answer to charges and in the end was slapped with huge fine of ten million shillings.
He insisted that she was the one who leaked the nVde pictures for clout.
He wrote “Wema Sepetu it’s been two years since we parted but why do you keep mudslinging me in that interview with Lokole? How many times did you beg me not to reveal our drama, sending me people to ask for forgiveness son your behalf. Tell people you are the one who sent the nudes to be made public and when that didn’t work you did it by yourself saying ati it’s me who released the nVdes”
The upset ex lover added that
“Leave me alone. I am married happily so just move on mimi sitaki kurudiana na wewe. I have a wife, she loves me I love her naomba umove on and forget me sitaki mazoea” he said
That relationship was in 2018. In the last week of November Wema insisted that he bewitched her saying ‘kuna mtapeli nayehisi alitumwa na mtu an aliniroga pia kwasababu he was never her type’. She also added that she doesn’t understand how she ever dated sits back and thinks about it, she suspects witchcraft was used to lure her to date him and he conned her off of 4million, and used unsuspecting moves to get money from her.
Wema has this year crossed everyone’s red line including Ali Kibas wife when she said that the singer and Nandy should have been a couple.
