In an interview with SDE, Malaba talks of how he found love and how Esther almost ruined his life. He is now married to a former model, and the couple has been blessed with a child.
Malaba explains how he and the former news anchor met:
We met through a social forum dubbed CINEMA (Christians In Entertainment and Media) that brought together Christians in showbiz. This is the same forum that chose Joseph Hellon as a moderator. We thought he could relate with us since he played in church and also entertained in clubs. We would meet in various places and share the word of God. The forum provided a good balance between spirituality and Christianity.
At that time, Malaba and Arunga were just friends as he had just come out of another relationship. His then pastor, Joseph Hellon, told Malaba that he was spiritually connected with Arunga, and they started dating in October 2009.
Two months later, the couple got engaged. He explains his rushed engagement:
My previous relationships weren’t very good and I have had my fair share of girls I shouldn’t have dated in the first place. I was not good with long-term relationships. But when I met Esther, I remember telling Hellon and a few other people that I had not found the right person.
Malaba explains that for the few months he and Esther were in a relationship, it was awkward. He was the one who constantly called and sent text messages. He felt as if there was an emotional disconnect between them.
She met my mother at some point and they got along very well. My mother liked her, but she claimed there was something wrong with her spirit, but could not exactly point a finger to it.
In his view, what went wrong?
Quincy Timberlake!
The man who claimed to be connected to Obama and Tony Blair.
Malaba explains that Esther had told him that Quincy was pestering her. When he finally got to meet Quincy, he found his grooming pathetic.
Quincy told Malaba and Esther that he had a hotel in the Bahamas and offered to give the couple complimentary accommodation for their honeymoon. At that point, both Esther and Malaba agreed that Quincy was a fake. How then, did it all begin to crumble?
One evening, I got a text from the pastor telling me I was no longer part of the church because I was a freemason. That did not really bother me, but I knew I had to get my fiancée out of that house. I called her and she promised to call me back.
That evening Esther even sent Malaba a text message saying she could not wait to become Mrs.Malaba. But later that night, everything changed.
That night, I had a dream that I would be separated from Esther. The following morning when I tried calling her, she wasn’t picking my calls. Later, she sent a text accusing me of adultery and asked me to stop calling her.
Things went downhill from there. The media started writing about it, he lost many businesses. Nobody was willing to work with him.
I used to lock myself in my house.
At some point, he even moved to another neighborhood. He tried running his company through his employees, but it just couldn’t work. He was ruined and out of business for a year, surviving only on the money he had made from previous projects.
I swore to steer clear of relationships. I was resolute that dating was not going to be my thing, neither was I going to consider marriage. I even gave up on God, because I felt that He had abandoned me.
His life got back on track after he met a certain pastor David Mathu who made him understand that God has a reason for everything.
It was then he met his wife, dated for two years, and then tied the knot. He adds that he knows her very well, and she is the best thing that ever happened to him.
She is very simple and has been supportive even in the past three years as I worked on rebuilding my company. Looking back, I think marrying Esther would have been a great mistake.
About Esther, and the recent death of her son, Malaba says he feels sorry that she has to go through such grief. However, he would rather not be asked to comment on her life as their relationship is over.
She is no longer a part of my life. It’s annoying that people still call and send me links to update me about her life. That chapter is closed. I am happily married to a beautiful wife with whom we have a child. My family is my priority now.
- NyumbaniTV
