Diamond confirms he will leave Nairobi for Kampala to attend Ivan Ssemwanga’s burial

Diamond Platnumz is set to headline the 17^th edition of Koroga Festival on Sunday May 28^th; the Tanzanian superstar has already touched down in Nairobi.

Baba Tiffah has confirmed that he will travel to Uganda to attend the burial of Zari Hassan’s ex husband Ivan Ssemwanga who died at a South African hospital a few days ago.

‘Marry You’ hit maker was last night May 26^th interviewed by Larry Madowo on the Trend during a special session held at the University of Nairobi.

Diamond said that he will travel to Uganda once he’s done with his performance at Koroga festival, he explained that he couldn’t cancel the show to be with his wife because he had already been booked early before Ivan passed on.

“Well kwa ukweli ulikua ni wakati mgumu na mbaka saa hivi ni wakati mgumu kwasababu nlikua nko booked muda kidogo kuhusiana na Korogo festival, na msiba umetokea sasa kucancel tu ghafla show ya watu unajua inawezekana ukapata taswira tofauti, wengine wakachukua tofauti. Sikua na jinsi. So, lakini nliongea na mzazi mwenzangu (Zari) akanielewa, lakini nikimaliza hapa show tu na ntaenda Uganda kwasababu ya mazishi, kuzika. Baada ya hapo ndo ntarudi nyumbani,” Diamond explained.

The Tanzanian superstar also talked about several things during his interview on the Trend; why he hasn’t dropped a song with Zari, why he doesn’t want his daughter Tiffah to be a musician, why he wears expensive jewelry, why he drops two types of music targeting different markets etc.

Watch the complete interview in the video below: