Who is Zahara Toto? Flash Uganda Media looks at his biography, age, wife, family, tribe, achievements, and relationship with Perez, Ora Manima, Ara Buja, Papitto, Don Solomon, Mrs Betty Mbabazi , Mr Oman, and the early life and education of a Ugandan media personality, celebrity gossip Queen and professional Marketer.
Nalumansi Zahara alias Zahara Toto is a Ugandan media personality, celebrity gossip Queen and professional Marketer.
The motor-mouthed Zahara Toto presents a gossip show called Uncut on NBS TV Sanyuka TV and The Lounge at Next Radio.
The self-proclaimed field marshal gossip queen made her name when still at Spark TV doing a show called Live Wire with Annatalia Ozzy before they both joined Next Media in 2018.
Net Worth
Zahara Totto’s estimated net worth is a staggering 96.82 million Ugandan Shillings. Her two main sources of income are from her work as a TV host and as an emcee.
Her annual salary from Next Media Services, which she receives from her employment at NBS TV and Next Radio, is expected to be $32.5.
Early Life
Zahara Totto, birthname, Nalumansi Zahara was born in 1985 at Nsambya Hospital to the family of Mr Oman who is a truck driver and Mrs Betty Mbabazi who was a businesswoman in Kampala City.
Zahara is the second child of five in her family. Her mother moved their family from Katwe to Makindye after Zahara was born, and it is where she began her schooling.
Later on, her family shifted from Makindye to her grandmother’s place in Kibuli since her mother, a business lady had started travelling a lot and the only option was taking the family to her grandmother who was around and could look after the children.
Education Background
Zahara Totto joined Makindye Nursery School before she joined Kibuli Police Children’s School where she finished her primary level.
After her primary level, Zahara Totto joined Muyega High School where she studied for one term and they changed her to Kisubi High School which was a boarding school.
When she finished her senior four Zahara was introduced by her then-boyfriend and became a housewife.
Later Zahara opted for adult education and finished her A level and after her A level, Totto pursued a Diploma in marketing which helped her in her career later.
Marriage / Relationship
Zahara Totto is a mother of five children; two girls and three boys and a divorcee. It is alleged that each child has an unknown father. They include; Perez, Ora Manima (daughter), and twins; Ara Buja and Papitto.
She was seen hooking up with Solomon Ugwu aka Big Papa who gifted her with a BMW.
Zahara Totto dated Don Solomon, often known as Don Solo, her ex-boyfriend, with whom she had a tumultuous breakup in the new year following many allegations of harassment in February 2020.
Later, in August 2020, Zahara Totto started dating Reuben Robert. The couple was spotted out and about in Kampala on several dates, looking happy and posting photos to social media.
Career and Professional Work Experience
In her primary seven vacations, Zahara Totto got a chance to read the Kid’s news show on WBS TV that could air every weekend before the Teen’s Club show and it was during this time that made a friendship with the late Rose Mary Nankabirwa who was a news anchor at WBS TV.
Zahara joined the Obsessions group in her senior two which was a girl group and it was taken to be best at the time.
She joined the group as a singer and dancer and the group had other members like Sheeba, Jackie O, Daisy and Sharon O but she didn’t stay in the group for a long period because of management issues.
After leaving the Obsessions Totto decided to revive her TV career and she did this by calling her friend Rose Mary who had joined NTV as a news anchor.
Rose connected Zahara to the Late Steven who was the producer of the newly established program, T-nation.
Zahara was the first presenter to present the famous T-nation program but in her senior four, she introduced her boyfriend. Since the T-nation program was targeting the youth, Zahra could not continue doing the show because she was now married and a mother.
After her senior four, Zahara Totto joined the Chille Girls, a singing girl group created by Universal Entertainment but she later quit due to management issues.
Zahara joined a dance group called Maisha Dancers which was a dance group this time also became a video vixen and she featured in videos including Omusomesa by Jamal and Ayagala Mulasi by Bobi Wine.
Later, she joined East Africa Media as a public relations officer after she had left Maisha Dancers.
Because of the experience she got from the East African Media, Zahara became a club PR of Club Venom which was located in Kabalagala and after one year she joined Club Play in the same role.
When Spark TV opened in December 2015 Zahara Totto was invited to be among the presenters of the station whose target was strictly ladies.
According to Totto, she was supposed to do a show called Trends but the management came up with a new gossip show called Live Wire which she was chosen for due to her talent and voice tone.
She was later joined by Annatalia Ozzy who was her co-host of the show.
In 2018, Zahara and Annatalia Ozzy both decided to quit the show and the station to join Next Media which was offering better salaries and privileges to them.
The management came up with a new show called Uncut Kalakata, which was still about the Ugandan Entertainment industry to be showcased and it was going to be on both NBS TV and Sanyuka TV.
The show debuted on Monday 22nd of October 2018. She also became the host of the Lunchtime Music Mix.
Zahara Totto also started her radio career when she was given a show called The Lounge which airs on Next Radio.
Work experience background summary
| Years | Institution | Position |
| Club Venom | Marketer and PR | |
| Club Play | Marketer and PR | |
| 2015 – 2018 | Spark TV | Live Wire Co-Presenter |
| 2018 – Present | Next Media | Uncut Show Co-Presenter, ‘The Lounge’ Radio show Host |
Other Career accomplishments
In addition to her work as a television personality, Zahara Totto is an Events Mcee and red-carpet host who has been the star of several events, such as the Star QT fashion show that took place in Capetown and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Her events company also plans boat trips on Lake Victoria commonly known as the White Party.
At the height of COVID-19, in October 2020, Zahara Totto gained recognition as a DJ after accepting an invitation to participate in Saturday Night Live on NBS, where she initially served as an emcee before switching to a DJ role for the evening.
Zahara Totto goes by Dj Zato.
Achievements and Awards
Popular media personality Zahara Totto is renowned for her outstanding skills as a TV and radio presenter.
In December 2017, Zahara was one of the hosts of the Pearl of Africa Fashion Awards.
Controversies
Zahara Totto’s career has been surrounded by a lot of controversies and the outstanding one of all is her dress code. While still at Spark TV Zahara showed up in a skimpy black and white suit pants for Live Wire and this made people question her professionalism.
After a short break, Totto returned wrapped in a lesu to stop disgusting the viewers. In 2020 Zahara turned up like a farmer going to the garden at Spice Diana’s press conference which made fans brand her as Kanda Bongoman.
In 2018 Zahara Totto was attacked by a socialite known as Sheila Don Zella who claimed that Totto had aired a wrong story about her.
In the video, Sheila Don Zella used obscene words when attacking the motor-mouthed queen presenter and also went ahead to claim how broke she was and could not afford an air ticket.
Zahara has not been on good terms with the socialites and the latest to attack was Zari said Zahara should stop bleaching and also spend time on fixing her shapeless stomach.
A few months back Zahara attacked and abused Record TV’s presenter Luzze Anderson.
Luzze wanted an exclusive interview with Zahara but she responded by using obscene language to Luzze and claiming that Anderson had once attacked her children yet there was no need to attack them.
