ELIZABETH NGIGI Lifestyle, Entertainment Journalist

23 July 2022

• Nandy felt belittled after fellow singer Zuchu turned down the endorsement deal which was later given to her.

• Zuchu declined to be the brand ambassador of the alcohol brand because of her faith.

Bongo songstress Nandy allegedly hired popular radio presenter Mwijaku to soil Zuchu’s name over an alcohol endorsement deal.

Nandy felt belittled after fellow singer Zuchu turned down the endorsement deal which was later given to her.

According to reports, Zuchu declined to be the brand ambassador of the alcohol brand because of her faith.

In a series of leaked audio clips, Nandy could be heard instructing Mwijaku on how he should tailor his messages to attack Zuchu on social media.

"Hapo Mwijaku kwenye, Kwamba walikuwa wasanii wangapi akiwemo Zuchu, andika hivi …hiyo itoe hiyo point, andika tu hakuna mtu atapewa dili la hela nyingi akatae, especially la pombe, isionekane hivyo maana watajua tumeongea details za ndani," Nandy said in the leaked audio clips.

Mwijaku. Mwijaku kwesho niulie niulie,” says Nandy in another leaked audio clip.

(Mwijaku, just say there is nobody who has ever been given a deal worth millions of money and they ended up turning it down. Let it not look like that since they will know we have talked about too much.)

Mwajiku while speaking to Tanzanian media claimed that Nandy offered to pay him Tsh1.8 million (Ksh91,543) to run the smear campaign against Zuchu.

"Alitaka kunilipa shilling million moja na laki nane, kupost kwenye page yangu na alisema anitumia hela kwa Bank account yangu, lakini nikamwambia hapana, kama utanipa pesa kama kaka yako ni sawa lakini sio kunipa pesa nimzungumzie mtu. Zuchu ni kijana mdogo na anapambana kwenye kuimba na anaimba vizuri kwa hizi dili zenu ndogo mkiniingiza mtakuwa mnanikosea," Mwijaku said.

(She wanted to pay me one million to post on my page. I refused and told her that I can only take money as her brother and not to spoil someone's name.)

The leaked audio clips have elicited an endless discussion in Tanzania.

However some think the audio is not legit.

Nandy has not responded to the allegations about the video.

Nandy and Zuchu have always been against each other especially each of them trying to win the best queen in the game.

In 2021, Zuchu said that she has no problems with Nandy.

"It doesn't bother me that I' m being compared to other artists. I don' t get any business from these pointless rivalries. . . , " she said.