{"id":23678,"date":"2021-02-18T20:38:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T20:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=23678"},"modified":"2021-02-18T20:38:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T20:38:51","slug":"kwaheri-maalim-zanzibar-first-vice-president-seif-sharif-hamad-laid-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/kwaheri-maalim-zanzibar-first-vice-president-seif-sharif-hamad-laid-to-rest","title":{"rendered":"KWAHERI MAALIM: ZANZIBAR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT SEIF SHARIF HAMAD LAID TO REST"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> FIRST Vice President of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad’s body has been laid to rest at Nyali, Mtambwe in Pemba on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

The politicians laid into rest at his ancestral homeland, eulogized by friends, family and leaders from opposition parties and government.<\/p>\n

His casket, covered with the Tanzania National flag, was driven in a motorcade from Pemba Airport to Nyali Village, his ancestral homeland.<\/p>\n

The politicians died on Wednesday, February at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, where he was receiving treatments.<\/p>\n

In depth: Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad\u2019s life and Zanzibar politics (1943-2021)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

President John Magufuli and Zanzibar President Mwinyi declared three and seven days\u00a0respectively, for mourning of the fallen icon of opposition politics in both Mainland and Isles.<\/p>\n

Isles President Mwinyi led other top government officials and wananchi in the burial of Hamad alias Maalim Seif.<\/p>\n

Thousands of Zanzibaris gathered at Mtambwe to say a final goodbye to the gone Maalim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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