NYC mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani holds lavish three-day wedding ceremony celebration in Uganda

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New York Metropolis Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani reportedly celebrated his latest marriage this week with a three-day-long unique bash in his native Uganda that included masked army safety and a cellphone jamming system.

The celebration came about at Mamdani’s household’s non-public compound within the east African country in a rich space exterior of Kampala, the capital, based on an unique report by the New York Post .

The socialist candidate eloped with illustrator Rama Duwaji, with whom he lives in an residence in Queens, earlier this yr.

"Outdoors the Mamdani home had been greater than 20 particular forces command unit guards, some in masks, and there was a phone-jamming system arrange — and all for the strictly invite-only Mamdani occasion," a witness advised the Put up. "One gate had round 9 guards stationed at it," they added.

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Members of the Uganda Particular Forces Command, a specialised unit throughout the Uganda Individuals's Defence Forces, monitor gate motion at Mahmood Mamdani's dwelling in Buziga on July 24, 2025. The unit is tasked with conducting high-stakes missions and defending the President and the First Household. (Katumba Badru/New York Put up)

Final Sunday, he posted in a video on his X web page that he was "going again to Uganda. I’m heading there in a private capability to have fun Rama and I’s marriage with our household and associates."

He joked, "However relying in your perspective, don't be concerned or I am sorry: I will be again by the tip of the month. See you quickly, NYC."

On Tuesday, buses, a number of Mercedes and a Vary Rover bused partygoers into the celebration, based on the Put up.

The revelers loved music, meals and dancing throughout the celebration, and when the bash was over, Mamdani’s private safety reportedly appeared to take over because the army guards left.

The celebration got here on the similar time the nation was mourning the dying of former Ugandan Supreme Court docket Choose George Kanyeihamba, who was a neighbor to Mamdani’s household and died on July 14.

Mamdani shocked by handily successful New York Metropolis's Democratic mayoral major final month, however many within the Democratic institution have but to totally embrace the socialist nominee. (Spencer Platt/Getty Pictures)

"Individuals are nonetheless in mourning," one particular person advised the Put up, calling the marriage celebration "insensitive."

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At one level, the road was blocked off by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s caravan when he got here to the neighborhood to pay his respects.

Mamdani's household's dwelling sits on two acres of land with views of Lake Victoria, in a rich space often known as Buziga Hill. Mamdani's father is a Columbia College professor and his mom is a film director.

One among their neighbors contains Ugandan billionaire businessman Godfrey Kirumira.

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani seems on stage along with his household, together with his spouse, Rama Duwaji, proper, at his major election celebration, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photograph/Heather Khalifa)

Masked safety guards policed the entrances to the compound, which reportedly has a minimum of three safety gates.

The U.S. State Division, in its journey advisory on Uganda, urges People to "rethink journey" to the nation because of the risk of "crime, terrorism, and legal guidelines concentrating on individuals on the premise of sexual orientation. Train elevated warning resulting from potential safety dangers and the unpredictable nature of public demonstrations."

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Mamdani was born in Uganda however moved to New York when he was 7 years previous, and obtained his U.S. citizenship seven years in the past.

Mamdani shocked by handily successful New York Metropolis's Democratic mayoral major final month, however many within the Democratic institution have but to totally embrace the socialist nominee.