Rose Muhando shares harrowing story of fake prophet who almost buried her alive
By Steve Ireri, January 16, 2026Tanzanian gospel singer Rose Muhando has recounted a chilling ordeal in which she was nearly buried alive in her own compound after falling into the hands of what she now believes was a con preacher operating through her former management.
Speaking during an interview with Bongo Planet on Thursday, January 15, 2026, the celebrated singer narrated how the episode unfolded at a time when she was physically and emotionally weak, making her susceptible to the manipulation, which was disguised as spiritual help.
“At that point, my heart had no peace. At that time, I was very thin and going through serious hardships, so whenever any servant of God came and spoke, I believed them,” Rose said.
According to Muhando, the incident occurred while she was at home with members of her music team, including dancers she worked with at the time.
She recalled that her former manager, whose name she declined to disclose, informed her that a servant of God from Arusha was coming to pray for her.
“One day, I was at home with the young people I used to sing with and my dancers. My former manager, whose name I will not mention, told me that a servant of God from Arusha was coming to pray for me,” Rose shared.
Shortly after, the man arrived at her home and introduced himself as a prophet with a divine assignment.
Muhando said he claimed that God had instructed him to build an altar at her compound, a directive she did not question due to her fragile state at the time.
“He came to my house and told me that God had spoken to him and instructed him to come and build an altar at my home. This servant of God had been sent by my manager,” she narrated.
She explained that the preacher ordered her dancers to take hoes and dig a pit behind her house.
The hole, she recalled, was unusually large, comparable in size to a small house, a detail that later heightened her fear once she began sensing that something was wrong.
“He then ordered the young people to take hoes and dig a pit behind my house. They dug a very large hole, almost the size of my house,” she said.
Worrying ritual
Muhando further recounted how the man instructed her to write down the names of all her children, after which he demanded several ritual items, including salt, grape juice, water from Mount Kilimanjaro, and oil.
She said the liquids were poured into the pit until it was half full before the names of her children were placed inside and buried under soil together with oil.
“He said he was a prophet and instructed me to write down the names of all my children. He then asked me to give him salt, grape juice, wine and water from Mount Kilimanjaro. He poured the liquids into the pit until it was half full, then took the names of my children together with oil and buried them in the soil inside the pit,” Rose narrated.
She was then instructed to fence off the pit with metal rods, being told it was now a sacred altar that should not be interfered with.
“After that, he instructed me to take metal rods and surround the pit, saying it was now an altar and should not be interfered with,” the singer shared.
However, doubts began to creep in after one of her team members questioned the preacher’s actions and suggested involving a trusted local pastor to verify the ritual.
Muhando said the visiting preacher flatly refused to meet any other church leader, a move that left her deeply unsettled.
“However, one of the young people told me that what this servant of God was doing did not make sense and advised me to call a trusted servant of God from our area so they could see this together. But the servant from Arusha refused to meet anyone else,” she said.
“After that, things went very badly for me. I was abducted and beaten until I was bleeding, and there was nothing I could do,” she said.
Speaking from a place of healing, Muhando said she chose to share the story not out of fear, but gratitude, noting that she survived and recovered.
She added that her decision to speak publicly was driven by a desire to warn others who might be in similar vulnerable situations.
“God help me. I am speaking about this today as a story because I thank God that I healed, but also so that He may help someone else who is listening to me. We speak about things that happened in the past because I believe they happened so that another person may learn from them,” she shared.