AfricaPress-Tanzania: A special motorcade carrying the body of President John Magufuli arrived Thursday at 10:10 a.m local time at Magufuli grounds in Chato and was greeted by thousands of mourners who had camped all night long.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa, Zanzibar’s Second Vice President Hemed Suleiman Abdulla and other dignitaries landed at the grounds around 9:00 a.m. Local time ready to bid farewell of the fallen statesman. President Magufuli is expected to be buried Friday next to his father’s cemetery.
According to the schedule released by the office of the Prime Minister mourners will pay their last respect each in person. The office said a special plan has been adopted to ensure every mourner in the ground pays their last respect.
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