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Former Tanzanian president Ali Hassan Mwinyi laid to rest in Zanzibar

By  Bethsheba Wambura

Engagement Assistant

Mwananchi Communications Ltd

Unguja. The body of Tanzania’s second-phase President Ali Hassan Mwinyi has been laid to rest in his home village of Mangapwani in Zanzibar on Saturday.

He was buried next to his son, Ali Mwinyi, who died in August 2022. The burial followed both Islamic and government protocols.

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The ceremony was attended by various top government officials, led by Vice President Dr. Phillip Mpango and Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi, who is also the son of the late Mzee Mwinyi.

Zanzibar President Dr Hussein Mwinyi throws sand in the grave of his father, the late Ali Hassan Mwinyi. PHOTO | SAID KHAMIS

Mwinyi passed away at the age of 98 on Thursday evening at Mzena Hospital in Dar es Salaam due to lung cancer.

He served as the second president of Tanzania from 1985 to 1995.

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