Lilian and Juliani finally tie the knot

It is now official that former Machakos First Lady Lilian Ng’ang’a and musician Julius Owino alias Juliani are wife and husband.

The two exchanged their vows on Wednesday in a private ceremony where only a few family members and friends were invited. It was held at Runda Polish Club in Nairobi.

In a photo doing rounds on social media, Lilian, who parted ways with Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua in August last year, can be seen in a mauve wedding gown and holding flowers, with the Ndani Ama Nje hit rapper dressed in a cream blazer, white shirt, black trousers and white shoes.

On critical observation from the image is that Ng’ang’a looks like she has a baby bump. 

Lovebirds

A source close to the two lovebirds told People Daily in confidence that she was already in her second trimester “and the dress was designed to factor that in.”

Ng’ang’a had two bridesmaids who wore off the shoulder lavender gowns, while the dreadlocks-rocking Juliani had three groomsmen among them activist Boniface Mwangi.

On the wedding day, Lilian posted a telling face beat photo that she captioned: “Happy and grateful to be alive to see my favourite #2 looking soooo aligned! ~ 2.2.22 ~(sic).” The nuptials between the two came just weeks after Juliani opened up to a local daily about his life. 

He shed more light on his relationships, growth as a person and threats made on his life last year.

He revealed that he met the former First Lady when he was deeply meditating about going celibate. They later went public about their relationship in September last year. In November 2021, Lilian went to court seeking to restrain her former lover Mutua from selling her assets among them a car.

She filed two suits at the Milimani Commercial Court in Nairobi through lawyer Gachie Omwanza, accusing the governor of illegally taking over her company and forcefully entering her home to repossess a car, which she claimed to have bought in 2014.

Threats to life  

Ng’ang’a also complained of threats to her life, claiming that the governor had said that he would use his position of influence to harass and deny her peace.

“What I want is for the court to permanently stop him and his servants from coming close to me, accessing my home, visiting my workplace or seizing any of my property. I am apprehensive that he can break into my home. He is capable of doing anything using unorthodox means. He has already threatened to forcefully seize my properties,” she said. 

In a press conference accompanied by lawyer Phillip Murgor, Ng’ang’a said that Mutua had also demanded her to return any monies he had availed for her use.

She said: “Mutua angrily termed me as his enemy number one, and threatened to crush me to ash, as he takes away everything I have and own. Indeed, this has already started as he has demanded that I refund any money he has ever given to me or made available for my use.” 

On November 9, 2020, the court declined Governor Mutua’s application to have Ng’ang’a property suit dismissed.