Kenya: Tanzanian Musician Vanessa Mdee Engaged

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Kenya: Tanzanian Musician Vanessa Mdee Engaged

[Nairobi News] Tanzanian singer Vanessa Mdee and Nigerian-American actor Olu Rotimi Akinosho have taken their relationship to the next stage after the latter proposed marriage to Vanessa a day before New Year's.

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