{"id":25391,"date":"2021-03-20T20:15:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T20:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=25391"},"modified":"2021-03-20T20:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T20:15:30","slug":"sombre-mood-engulfs-dar-as-magufulis-body-moves-to-uhuru-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/sombre-mood-engulfs-dar-as-magufulis-body-moves-to-uhuru-stadium","title":{"rendered":"SOMBRE MOOD ENGULFS DAR AS MAGUFULI\u2019S BODY MOVES TO UHURU STADIUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> A sombre mood engulfed Tanzania\u2019s commercial city of Dar es Salaam Saturday as a hearse carrying the body of the former Tanzania\u2019s President John Magufuli made its way to Uhuru Stadium for leaders and residents to pay their last respects.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of the city\u2019s residents lined up along roads as the procession which started at St Peters Catholic Church passed through Morocco, Kinondoni, Magomeni, Kigogo, Boma, Machinga Complex, Chang\u2019ombe, Keko, DUCE\u00a0to the destination.<\/p>\n<p>Emotional scenes with several people break down, other paying tributes in a special way by throwing roses, laying down their fabrics just to show respect to their fallen hero.<\/p>\n<p>President Magufuli&#8217;s body was earlier brought to the\u00a0St\u00a0Peter&#8217;s\u00a0Catholic\u00a0Church\u00a0around 8am this morning from the States House where the requiem mass took place.<\/p>\n<p>Other\u00a0residents of\u00a0Dodoma, Zanzibar Island, Mwanza and Geita will also get an opportunity to bid farewell to their iconic leader.<\/p>\n<p>According to President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Dr Magufuli passed away on March 17, 2021 at about 6pm at Mzena Hospital in Dar es Salaam where he was hospitalised after suffering from chronic atrial fibrillation, a condition he had fought for more than a decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: A sombre mood engulfed Tanzania\u2019s commercial city of Dar es Salaam Saturday as a hearse carrying the body of the former Tanzania\u2019s President John Magufuli made its way to Uhuru Stadium for leaders and residents to pay their last respects. 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