AfricaPress-Tanzania: PRESIDENT John Magufuli and Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa are among high-profile personalities who have eulogized prominent presenter with Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) Marin Hassan Marin following his sudden death.
Marin died on Wednesday at Lugalo Military Hospital in Dar es Salaam while receiving treatment. He was rushed to the hospital earlier in the morning but was pronounced dead at 8:40am.
In his condolence message, President Magufuli said that he was shocked to hear the news over the demise of Marin, citing him as a journalist who practiced his profession with high integrity.
“I received the news of the demise of presenter Marin Hassan with a great shock and disappointment. Marin Hassan loved his work and practiced his profession with high integrity. He was a true patriotic and was devoted to working for his country through TBC,” he said.
The President said that he knew Marin as a person who contributed to the promotion of journalism in the country through hard work at TBC where he worked, creating and hosting various innovative programmes.
He mentioned prrogrammes such as a journey to Dodoma, and coverage of general elections and the newly created Ardhio as among the programmes the late Marin hosted at TBC.
“Marin Hassan has died when we needed him most’ Marin Hassan is a media hero, he really loved TBC and his country. I join his family, TBC and journalists to mourn him,” he said.
TBC Director General Ayub Rioba expressed shock over the death of Marin sending condolences to TBC staff and the media fraternity in Tanzania.
Speaking on his behalf, one of the senior workers with the Corporation, Gabriel Nderumaki, said the TBC boss consoles the family of the late Marin and TBC staff for losing a colleague who was hardworking and devoted to his journalism work.
Speaking during an event to bid farewell to the fallen practitioner at TBC Headquarters in Dar es Salaam, TBC Acting Director Ms Martha Swai told the mourners that Marin’s death was a big loss to the corporation and media fraternity at large.
“Marin was a journalist who practiced his profession with high integrity, we are shocked of his demise,” she said and thanked President Magufuli for the condolences he sent to the family and TBC workers.
The TBC Director of Information and Events Frank Bahati said the late Marin joined TBC in 2005 and since then, he worked in various posts before he was promoted to a senior journalist presenting and hosting popular TV programmes.
“He worked for 15 years since he joined the Corporation in 2005, working as a junior journalist and went through various posts before he became a senior journalist, creating and hosting special programmes, “ he said and noted that the late Hassan would be remembered for his hard work, solidarity and kindness.
A senior journalist with the corporation, Gabriel Zakaria, said that the late Marin was in the office on Tuesday night and took part in preparations of the Ardhio Programme that was to be aired yesterday.
“We worked together yesterday at around 1pm, leading us in preparations of the Ardhio programme and later we escorted him to his home before we left and all the time he showed no signs of illness,” said Fatuma Matulanga, one of the TVs presenters at TBC.
The late Marin’s body was yesterday transported to Zanzibar for burial. The deceased is survived by a wife.
