While speaking before the crowd that attended the birthday party on September 28, 2023, Mariam slammed Wema and her boyfriend Whozu.
She lamented that the two had been dating for some time now yet her daughter had not officially introduced her boyfriend to her.
“Nataka nizungumze kitu kimoja, hana mzazi, mzazi wa kiume hayupo imebaki mimi. Heshima ya mama au heshima ya mzazi, lazima umrespect mama yako. Una boyfriend huna haja ya kumpeleka popote, njoo uji introduce. Njoo umueleze mama yako nina mchumba, nina bwana, nina so and so. Sio munakuja kuji introduce mbele ya halaiki. Simzuii mwanangu ni heshima nataka itawale. Nataka muturespect tukiwa wazazi,” Mariam ranted at Wema Sepetu’s birthday party.
Following the public humiliation by her mother, Wema Sepetu sought the advice of a preacher to determine if what her mother did was right.
“Mamangu alichukua mic na kuna maneno aliongea pale. Aliongea vitu ambayo vilikua vinamkwaza yeye kama mzazi. Alizungumzia swala la mtoto wa kike na wa kiume wakiamua kuishi katika nyumba bila ndoa au bila kuenda kujitambulisha kwa wazazi. Lakini aliongea kwa jazba sana na aliongea pale mbele ya kadamnasi na ikiwa siku yangu ya kuzaliwa. Wewe unalionaje hii baba? Was it appropriate for her to do that? Ilikua ni sahihi ama ilikua vipi? That’s what I want to know,” Wema Sepetu asked the pastor while speaking during a radio session.
The preacher noted that it was wrong for Wema Sepetu’s mother to blast her in public, noting that people need to be corrected in a gentle manner and at the right time and occasion.
“Sisi watu wa Bibilia katika Galatia sura ya sita inasema ndugu akighafrika nyinyi wa roho murejesheni mtu huyo kwa upole. Wewe ambaye hujakosea unapaswa kumresha mtu kwa upole na kwa busara mtu ambaye amekosea. Mimi nimekosea na wewe umekosea hatumalizi ubaya kwa ubaya. Hekima ni kumaliza jambo baya bila kuzalisha jambo lingine baya,” he said.
“Ata kama binti amekosea lakini kuna mizingira ya kuzungumza pia. Wanadamu tumepewa maarifa tumepewa akili tunajua kuzungumza mambo yetu wapi,” the preacher added.
He continued; “Unakua na nia njema sawa lakini wakati mwingine nia njema inaharibiwa na njia ya kufikia nia njema. Mazingira yale ilikua mazingira ya kukumbuka siku ya kuzaliwa ya mtu, sio mazingiza ya kumuambia mtu ju ya habari za uchumba.”
