Legendary Tanzanian singer Saida Karoli of the ‘Maria Salome‘
song has revealed that her life is in danger.
Karoli made a comeback this year with the song Orugambo which
went viral saying that her comeback could be the reason why she is being
threatened.
Talking to Millard Ayo , Saida said that she received a call
and the person told her that they were sent to kill her:
‘Juzi mtu alinipigia simu, ati ‘Mimi nimetumwa nikudhuru na
hapo ulipo tayari nimeshafanya mambo yangu.’Akaniambia umeibuka haraka, yaani tulidhani
umeanguka na hautanyanyuka tena.Na kitu gani kimekufanya usimame tena kwenye
ulimwengu wa muziki? Kitu gani kimekufanya tena wewe uwe shupavu kifanya vitu
vyako viwe vya harak hivyo?’
She added:
“Akaniambi sasa
mimi nimeshalipwa na nimeambiwa nikuue nikuondoe duniani.”
This call came when the singer was preparing herself to go
for a radio interview
“Nilikua najiandaa kwenda kwenye mahojiano redioni. Basi
nipo najiandaa nikapigiwa hiyo simu. Kwa kweli hilo swala sio nzuri lakini
huwezi ukapendwa na watu wote.”
Saida says she and her management had to cancel some of the
shows she was going to perform:
“Baadhi ya show tulizokua tumepanga tuzizuru tumezivunja na
tukasema ngoja tutulie kwanza tuone ni nini kinachoendelea na hawa wana
mikakati gani. Nini mpaka mtu kujitolea akatamka kitu kama hicho?”
Karoli says her brother’s death was caused by a strange call
where he was threatened with death and indeed, he was slaughtered.
“Lakini nikaona si geni kwanza.Mimi kaka yangu aliambiwa
kitu kama hicho ‘bwana tumetumwa tukuue jumatatu na utazikwa jumatano.’ Kweli
kauawa.Akachinjwa.”
She continues to say some of the artistes in Tanzania have
been using witchcraft to attract fans.
“Swala la ushirikina liko wazi kwa hivyo ni kila mtu ashike
imani yake.”
Saida rose to fame and prominence once more after a long
hiatus this year. Diamond Platnumz sampled her ‘Maria Salome‘ song that made
Saida the toast of town. This gave her even more reasons to make a strong
comeback.
One thing to know about her is that she only attended class
1 and dropped out to do music. She got pregnant at the age of 13.
Here is Saida Karoli’s new song Orugambo:
