Flashback Friday: Looking back at Lilian Muli’s wedding

 Lilian Muli at her wedding. Photo: Courtesy

The Main Story, on pages 10 and 11 of Friday September 11, 2009, of Pulse, titled “Lillian weds Moses” just goes to show that – as soon as they exchange their marriage vows – celeb marriages are put on a chopping block.

TV presenter, Lillian Muli’s distinct easy-on-the-ear voice commands audiences in millions of Kenyan living rooms. But people watch news for different reasons. While some viewers hang on to Lillian’s every word, others’ covetous blinkers hang on to every curve on her sexy body.

That main story broke down Lillian’s love story, and I bet, made every single girl wish to be in her stilettos.

The reverse is also true: many men wished they were in the skin of Lillian’s lucky boyfriend.

“Friday afternoon in November 28, 2008, a stranger showed up at the KTN offices. It was just minutes after the lunchtime news bulletin and one of Kenya’s most talked about news anchors, Lillian Muli, had just completed her routine news reading. This tall stranger bearing a cake, a bouquet of flowers and a tiny box was set to change Lillian’s day. Before her colleagues, Lillian’s love-struck boyfriend of four years went down on one knee, reached out for her hand and said the magic words: “Will you marry me?”

“What followed was an emotional scene. Lillian burst into joyous tears and turned the newsroom into a scene straight out of a Mexican soap opera. A few minutes later, Lillian was showing off an engagement ring from her husband-to-be, Moses Njuguna Kanene.”

Lillian was barely 23 when she met and fell in love with Moses. The pair stuck together through the ups and downs, highs and lows. Many of us know the severe scrutiny, judgment and slander that come with being a screen siren. Which means that, while dating and after exchanging the vows, their relationship would be tested more times – and more virulently - than an AIDS vaccine.

On Saturday, 5th September, Lillian and Moses tied the knot. It was a pink and white themed wedding. A convoy of six E-class Mercedes Benzes. Among the bridesmaids was Lillian’s colleague at KTN and chummy, Cynthia Nyamai. The bride arrived at Windsor Golf Course in a white vintage car with pink ribbon, to be greeted by approximately 200 guests.

The newly-weds signed a marriage certificate, but, unwittingly, they also signed up to being a public company. Henceforth, their lives could be bought and sold on social media.

Celebs lifestyles are fodder for some bloggers. Lillian has heard it all, and has, over the years, learned to roll with the posts. She has been subject of gossip and has been intimately linked to numerous famous men. Heck, some bloggers are god: they know the exact number of hairs on her freaking weave.

Lillian and Moses are no longer an item. Which is, somewhat, an indictment on this dream job. Because, save for a couple of TV presenters, it seems like it is virtually impossible to hack being a screen siren and making marriage work