Rwandan celebrated model, dancer and actress Alexia Uwera Mupende has died after she was reportedly stabbed by a housemaid.


Mupende, 35, died on Tuesday evening at her father’s home in Nyarugunga Sector, Kicukiro District in Rwanda, according to Rwandan newspaper, ‘The New Times’.

News of the celebrity’s demise first emerged on social media with a message calling on members of the public to help arrest her alleged killer, a 23-year old house-maid who worked at their home. The suspect has been identified as Niyireba Antoine.

Mupende’s death would later be confirmed by Modeste Mbabazi, the spokesperson of Rwanda Investigation Bureau.

Mupende was the General Manager of Waka Fitness, an up market fitness club in Kimihurura, a City of Kigali suburb. Here, she supervised the customer service desk but was also involved in sales, marketing and events management.

The model was due to be wedded on February 16 to lover, Allan Rwamo Kweli.

She has represented Rwanda at numerous modelling and fashion shows on the continent and beyond.

In 2015, she represented Rwanda at the 3rd edition of the Africa Fashion Show Geneva (AFSG) in Switzerland, becoming the first Rwandan model to grace the runway of AFSG.

Her desire in her fashion career was to change the skewed narrative that Africa is about hunger, children starving, war and corruption.
She sought to share with the world about Africa using Africa’s talent and the fashion materials most of whose origin is in Africa.

She felt that Africa had a central place in the global modelling and fashion industry.

Her Twitter bio read; “Rwanda’s premier model… My prayer is to become Africa’s next top model.. so am gona work on my size and touche”.

In November of 2015, she together with three other budding Rwandan models; Jeanine Dusabe, Rachel Uwineza, and Umutoni Georgette, took part in the annual Kampala Fashion Week.

Mupende was also an actress and she travelled to Colombo, Sri Lanka in January 2016 and to India in February of the same year, as part of the cast of ‘Dear Children Sincerely’, a Mashirika Performing Arts and Media Company stage Production in collaboration with Stages Theatre Group from Sri Lanka.
Source: https://www.nairafame.com/2019/01/rwandas-celebrated-model-and-actress_9.html?m=1

Really bad

the fiance connived with the maid to kill her so they can elope.
Simple

Evil world

The Maid probably Thinks she saw a witch at night na


Just look at those scary eyes

This world is turning into turn table. Na wa o.

If the maid wanted her dead she should have used slow poison instead of knife...Be exceptionally good in whatever you do..


No one knows what she have been doing to the maid.... some mistress can be worst than the devil...still not an excuse for the maid (alleged killer) to take her life gruesomely...


Wish her well on the runway on the other side

Evil everywhere

It is well with her family

RIP

Na this woman be the Top Model?

Truly the Kingdom of God suffer violence

what a wicked world

Well, she might be the abusive, Bossy type madam like majority of our poverty-infested African ladies.

Anyway, R.I.P to her and MC Oluomo..

Chaiii

CreepyBlackpool:
the fiance connived with the maid to kill her so they can elope.

Simple

just like yoruba film

Why...such a beauty

CreepyBlackpool:
the fiance connived with the maid to kill her so they can elope.

Simple

He is certainly a suspect but there is no certainty he is involved.

Speedy Recovery...

I hate okpolo eyes and maybe the maid do too...
rip luv

This is quite sad!!

Too bad, so sad

Suunnnnn Reeeee oooooo

daz y i live alone

Wow.... Thats terrible

This wan bin dey alive befre? ? Na pun o0o

This wan bin dey alive befre? ? Na pun o0o

daviesblaze:
The Maid probably Thinks she saw a witch at night na


Just look at those scary eyes

TOOOOOOOOOOO many kids on this site! Where is the OLD Nairaland

Uchhhh


Buhari sef

Even in Rwanda

Eeyah

Still living in hate.

tiger28:
TOOOOOOOOOOO many kids on this site! Where is the OLD Nairaland

Boy!!! Go drop you mama's phone

you can buy one when you are of age

Darato:
Speedy Recovery...

you beta go back to your primary school days and start again