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Details emerge on Millions Diamond Platnumz pocketed at Azimio Rally in Kasarani

Tanzanian musician Diamond Platnumz was the talk of town after he performed during Azimio La Umoja’s last rally in Kasarani on Saturday.

This outraged a section of Kenyan artists, as the bongo musician walked out with a staggering amount of money.

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Although it is not yet known how much the highest-paid musician in Kenya earns every performance, Diamond’s 10-minute performance was worth many times what most Kenyan artists would earn per performance.

According to a report by Nation, Diamond earned a staggering Sh12 million for the 10-minute performance. He made literally 1 million each minute.

The figure may go down in East African history as the most ever paid per minute to an artist for a performance.

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Well, despite the diverse opinions to his performance, it has also come to light that the amount was not paid by the Azimio but by a Tanzanian business magnate.

“The performance was actually sponsored by a tycoon in Tanzania, I am not sure if the tycoon is a businessman or a politician but clearly it seems it’s someone well known to Azimio’s principals. However, what I’m sure of is that Diamond was paid $100,000 (Sh11.9m) for the Kasarani performance,”

a source told the Nation newspaper

According to reports, Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho participated in talks that began three weeks ago to have diamond perform at the Azimio rally.

Although the agreement was finalized, Diamond did not announce his performance at the Azimio rally until the actual day.

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Diamond Platnumz energized the crowd in Karasani with two sets, one before and one after Raila’s address.

Diamond returned after the end of Mr Odinga’s speech, where he was joined on stage by other Azimio leaders and Mama Ida Odinga for a brief performance before departing for South Africa.

Betty Kyallo now relents putting her relationship on social media

Media personality Betty Kyallo now says she will never expose her relationship on social media after several failed attempts.

Kyallo expressed regrets for putting her previous relationship with Nick Ndeda on social media adding that it contributed to their breakup.

“In my last relationship, I put him out on social media and I am now like, I will never do that again. That is my space and we should stop overlapping each other when it comes to my social media space,”

Kyallo said.

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Betty, the former TV girl has never shied away from flaunting her relationships on social media. In a previous interview, she defended the move saying she was in love and there was no need to hide it.

Earlier this year, she announced her separation from boyfriend Nick Ndeda after they dated for a couple of months.

The two started dating late last year with their relationship going public following leaked pictures that captured their late-night endeavors.

It was speculated that Betty dumped Nick following a series of misunderstandings including finances.

Speaking during an interview with Jalang’o TV, Ndeda revealed that they were forced to go public after the photos leaked despite wanting to keep things off social media.

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“We had agreed that we never wanted to go public, we knew that there will be rumors and the what not because we are seen together here and there…which is fine. There is a lot of pressure, there are many people invested in the success as they are in the failure… I know that when a relationship doesn’t work it just doesn’t work and I know I won’t stay in it just because of the public… but in any relationship, you should always have it in mind that you want to get it right,”

Ndeda said.

Betty has previously been involved with NTV’s Dennis Okari, Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho, and “Somali Bae”.