Mourners in Zanzibar pay last respects to Magufuli

Residents of Zanzibar on Tuesday paid last respect to the late President John Magufuli.

On Saturday and Sunday, the body was in Dar es Salaam for mourners to pay their last respects. It was then taken to Dodoma where mourners who could not make it to Jamhuri Stadium lined the roads on Monday to bid the president farewell.

The former President died on March 17 from heart complications at the age of 61.

Mr Magufuli, Tanzania’s fifth president, is the first to die in office.

A programme released by President Samia Suluhu, who replaced him last Friday, said Magufuli will be buried on Friday, March 26 in his ancestral home in Chato, Geita region.

President Suluhu also announced a 21-day mourning for Magufuli, adding that all flags of Tanzania will fly at half-mast for the period.

Edited by Olajumoke Adeleke