{"id":6544,"date":"2021-03-18T12:43:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T12:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=6544"},"modified":"2021-03-18T11:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:05:33","slug":"museveni-mourns-pragmatic-great-african-son-magufuli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/museveni-mourns-pragmatic-great-african-son-magufuli","title":{"rendered":"Museveni mourns \u2018pragmatic great African son\u2019 Magufuli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Yoweri Museveni, a strong advocate of a unified East African states establishment has mourned the second death of a reigning president in the region within less than a year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have, with great sadness, learnt of the death of His Excellency John Pombe Magufuli,\u201d Mr Museveni tweeted Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe join Tanzania in mourning the passing of a great son of Africa,\u201d he said.Mr Museveni eulogized Magufuli as a \u201cpragmatic leader who believed in and worked for the economic empowerment of East Africans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Magufuli, 61, a man with a double edged legacy that has severally bred divided global opinion was pronounced dead late Wednesday with his death occasioned by a \u2018heart condition\u2019 called chronic atrial fibrillation, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>His demise comes nearly a year after then Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza died last year on June 8.<\/p>\n<p>Magufuli had last been seen in public late February- sparking demands for information on his whereabouts, all as Tanzanians speculated that he had contracted Covid-19, a viral disease he quite downplayed.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President, Samia Suluhu Hassan will after taking oath within 24 hours, at least until 2025 in accordance with the Tanzanian constitution assume presidency, becoming the first female president in both Tanzania and the EAC regional bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania&#8217;s Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu (L) and Tanzania&#8217;s President John Magufuli (C) as they speak with Kenya&#8217;s President Uhuru Kenyatta on the phone at the State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on July 24, 2019. 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