Business temporarily came to a standstill at the KTN studios one afternoon in November 28, 2008.
News anchor, Lilian Muli, had just come off the studios, after reading the one o’clock news. Waiting for her in the newsroom, was her fiancé of four years, Moses Kanene. He had come bearing two gifts, wrapped in elegant boxes.
The bigger box had a cake, and inscribed on the icing were the words every single woman wishes to hear, ‘Will you marry me?’ The contents of the second smaller box changed Lillian’s life, and her name.
He went down on one knee and as an emotional Lillian burst into tears as she accepted Kanene’s proposal and a diamond engagement ring on her finger
The bigger box had a cake, and inscribed on the icing were the words every single woman wishes to hear, ‘Will you marry me?’ The contents of the second smaller box changed Lillian’s life, and her name.
He went down on one knee and as an emotional Lillian burst into tears as she accepted Kanene’s proposal and a diamond engagement ring on her finger.
“It was a big surprise. I was very excited. I mean, he went down on one knee and uttered the words: will you marry me before everyone. I think this was a big statement from him that, despite some of those negative publicity articles written on me (dating other men), he trusts and loves me,” she said in an interview after her surprise engagement.
The newsroom was transformed into a scene out of a Mexican soap opera as Lillian flaunted her engagement ring.
“I cried like a baby. Look, here is the ring. He means a lot to me and taking this to the next step makes me a happier girl. We have been going out for the last four years and we are deeply in love,” she said, adding, “He is a polite, quiet and hardworking guy who does not like media publicity. I am protecting him from the glare of the public,” gushed the alumnus of Daystar University.
On Saturday, September 5, Lillian and her fiancé wedded in a colourful garden wedding held at Windsor Golf and Country Club with Pastor David Kabibi presiding the pink and white themed wedding.
Among the bridesmaids was Lillian’s colleague Cynthia Nyamai then at KTN.
The Weavers Band later entertained guests before two love birds went for their honeymoon in the Seychelles after which she became to Lilian Muli-Kanene to signify her new status. But gradually she dropped Kanene and rumours that her marriage was nosing south were confirmed during her One-on-One live television interview in 2014 when Jeff Koinange asked whether he autograph his bio, Through My African Eyes, with the names Lilian Muli Kanene. “No. Muli is just fine,” said Lilian.
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