Days after she was released from jail after completing her sentence Tanzanian actress Elizabeth Lulu Michael and her fiancé Majizzo held a lavish traditional ceremony to pay bride price ahead of their planned white wedding.
Majizzo, who is a Tanzania media mogul (Owner of EFM and ETV), put together an exquisite party that was attended by close friends and family members to accord him support as he settled him pride price as per the traditional customs.
The actress took to social media to share photos of how the event went down as she prepares to walk down the aisle before the end of the year.
On October 1st 2018, Majizzo proposed to Lulu during a home party he had organized to celebrate his three boys.
A perplexed Elizabeth broke down as the peak of the day turned out to be hers, saying she had not expected the celebration.
“Sikuwa nafahamu chochote. Namshukuru tu mungu sina hata lingine la kuongea. Namshukuru kwa kunichagua na ninampenda,” said the actress.
In 2017, Michael was convicted in High Court of Tanzania for involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison for the 2012 death of actor Steven Kanumba, whom she had been dating when she was a juvenile (17 years old).
Michael was alleged to have caused the death of Kanumba, who was 28 years old while Michael was 17 years old. The death was said to have occurred after Kanumba confronted Michael for talking to another man in front of him. Michael was arrested and stayed in remand for almost a year for investigation. Later, the charges were amended to involuntary manslaughter.
Member of Parliament Halima Mdee arranged for lawyers Peter Kibatala and Kennedy Fungamtama to represent Michael, because she believed she was innocent.
On January 2013 Michael was granted bail.
In October 2017, Michael testified to the High Court that after Kanumba confronted her for talking to another man, he took her to his room by force and starting beating her with a sword while he was heavy drunk. She admitted during her testimony that she was the last person to be with Kanumba, she said as she was beaten by Kanumba she saw Kanumba breathing fast while beating her and he fell down and hit the head.
She said after Kanumba fell down she used the opportunity to escape, unaware that he had died. She left the area and was later arrested without knowing what she was being arrested for.[42] She said she found out the second day after her arrest by Oysterbay Police in Dar Es Salaam.Police Officers proved to found Michael with injuries together with sword signs as they were arresting her. A postmortem report from Muhimbili National Hospital of Tanzania concluded that the death was caused by brain concussion as the result of difficulty in breathing in conjunction with excessive drinking.
In 26/4/2018 Michael was among of the prisoners who were pardoned by President John Pombe Magufuli where by she was deducted 1/4 of her imprisonment.In May 2018 she was released from the prison by The High Court of Tanzania under the Tanzania Community Services Act of 2002 to serve the remaining time by doing community services after showing good behavior when she was in prison.