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Maurice Okoth converts to Islam in order to marry long-time girlfriend

                                         Maurice Okoth: Love converted me        Photo: Courtesy/Standard

It was as dramatic as they come as the flamboyant Music Copyright Society of Kenya CEO Maurice Okoth, went down on one knee on live TV, proposing to his longtime girlfriend and love of his life Shamillah Khadija Kiptoo on Friday evening.

Maurice appeared on the StarTimes pay TV before the magic words scrolled down the screen: “Shamillah Khadijah Kiptoo, will you marry me…”

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