DAR ES SALAAM, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Tanzanians, yesterday, paid tribute to the country’s late former president, Benjamin Mkapa, who died at the age of 81.
At Uhuru Stadium, in the country’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzanians from all walks of life came to pay their last respects.
The country’s president, John Magufuli, and cabinet ministers and other senior government officials, also paid their last respects.
Mkapa, who died on Friday, will be buried on July 29 (Wednesday), in his native village of Lupaso in Masasi district, in Mtwara region.
Born on Nov 12, 1938, Mkapa was Tanzania’s third president and served two five-year terms from 1995 to 2005.– NNN-AGENCIES
