Africa-Press – Tanzania. Dar es Salaam. The body of Daisle Simon Ulomi, a businessman who had been missing since December 11, 2024, has been discovered at Mwananyamala Referral Hospital in Dar es Salaam.
Mourners gather at the Mikocheni home of the late Daisle Olomi whose body was discovered at Mwananyamala Hospital in Dar es Salaam after he went missing on December 11, 2024. PHOTO | SUNDAY GEORGE
Ulomi, who ran a mobile money business in the Sinza Kijiweni and Mwenge areas of the city, disappeared under unclear circumstances on that day. Efforts to contact Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander Jumanne Muliro for further information have so far been unsuccessful, as calls to his phone have gone unanswered.
Speaking to the sister newspaper Mwananchi on Monday, December 16, 2024, Ulomi’s father-in-law, Japhet Munisi, said he was informed about the discovery earlier in the morning by Ulomi’s wife. “She called to inform me that news had reached her that her husband’s body was at Mwananyamala Hospital,” he stated.
Munisi said he went to the hospital and found police officers stationed at the mortuary. “I asked the staff there for information, but they refused to disclose anything.
When I turned to the officers present, they told me that investigations were ongoing, and they would release a statement once the process was complete,” he explained.
Munisi added that the family is now gathering in Mikocheni to make funeral arrangements.
Reports circulating on social media indicate that on December 11, Ulomi left Sinza Kijiweni at around 12:00 p.m., informing colleagues that he was heading to Mbangala inland container depot to inspect his container.
He reportedly said he had been contacted by individuals claiming to be processing its clearance from the port.
It is said that Ulomi left his office on a motorcycle, which he was riding himself. He was not seen or heard from again until his body was found, confirming his death.
Authorities are yet to issue a formal statement regarding the circumstances of his death as investigations continue.
Police statement
Police said Ulomi was involved in a severe accident which caused his death.
“Investigations, conducted in collaboration with his family, revealed that he was taken to the Makuburi External Health Centre in Ubungo on the afternoon of December 11, 2024, following a severe accident involving the motorcycle he was using,” police said in a statement on Monday, December 16.
According to the statement, good Samaritans assisted Ulomi to the health centre, while he was unconscious and without any form of identification.
He was later transferred to Mwananyamala Hospital, where it was confirmed that he had passed away.
The police stated that further investigations were ongoing.
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