President Uhuru Kenyatta among heads of state in Dodoma to attend Magufuli’s mass.
President Uhuru Kenyatta is among the heads of state who have arrived in Dodoma at the Jamhuri stadium for the state funeral mass of the late Tanzania president John Pombe Magufuli.
Uhuru who doubles up as the chairperson of the East African Community was accompanied by Cs Adan Mohammed and arrived at the Uhuru grounds a fewminutes after 10 a.m.
Presidents present include South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa,Malawi’s Lazarus Chakwera,Botswana’s Mokgweetsi Masisi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame.
The late Tanzanian president will be buried on March 25.
Today his body is expected at the Dodoma Uhuru grounds for public viewing before being moved to Mwanza on March 23.
On the same day the body will be moved to his Chato town where his constituents will have a chance to view his body.
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