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Tanzania: Former President Benjamin Mkapa Laid to Rest
Citizen, 29 July 2020
A sombre mood surrounded Lupaso Village and its surroundings on Wednesday afternoon as the casket bearing the body of Retired President Benjamin Mkapa was lowered into the grave at… Read more »
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Tanzania: Heroic Burial for Mkapa - Life of President, Diplomat, Peacemaker, Journalist
Daily News, 30 July 2020
BENJAMIN Mkapa's body was heroically laid to rest in a family plot in Masasi District, Mtwara region, with political and religious leaders paying glowing tribute to Tanzania's… Read more »
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Tanzania: Chadema's Bid to Capitalise On Mkapa's Death Damnable
Daily News, 30 July 2020
IT is apparent, and this is as most unfortunate as it is wholly damnable, that, national familyhood, a noble concept for every well-intentioned Tanzanian, is not embraced by all of… Read more »
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Tanzania: Farewell Mkapa, a Towering Citizen As Well As Statesman
Daily News, 29 July 2020
ONE of the popular sayings related to the Almighty God revolves around the fact that His decisions are fault-less and final. Read more »
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Tanzania: AU's Raila Odinga Writes to President Magufuli On Mkapa's Legacy
Citizen, 29 July 2020
Kenya's former Prime minister has today Wednesday July 29, written to President Magufuli expressing the huge void that the death of Tanzania's third President Benjamin Mkapa has… Read more »
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Tanzania: President Magufuli Leads Thousands to Bid Farewell to Mkapa
Citizen, 28 July 2020
President John Magufuli has today, July 28, led thousands of mourners at Uhuru Stadium to take part in bidding farewell to retired President William Mkapa who passed away on… Read more »
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Tanzania: Magufuli Raves About Fallen Global Citizen
Daily News, 28 July 2020
PRESIDENT John Magufuli waxed lyrical about the deceased former President Benjamin Mkapa, lauding him as a global citizen whose involvement in world affairs brought ideological,… Read more »
Magufuli Leads Thousands to Bid Farewell to Benjamin Mkapa
Former President Benjamin Mkapa was laid to rest in a family plot in Masasi District, Mtwara region, with political and religious leaders paying tribute to Tanzania's third phase president. While addressing mourners, President John Magufuli said that the country has lost a dynamic leader with a unique reputation and then officially announced that the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam is now Benjamin Mkapa Stadium.
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President John Magufuli has declared a seven-day mourning period. Mkapa was the third president since Independence and led Tanzania from 1995 to 2005 before handing over to Jakaya ... Read more »
President John Magufuli at Uhuru Stadium bidding farewell to retired President William Mkapa.
