President Yoweri Museveni has mourned the death of Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli.
Museveni in a tweet extended condolences to the people of Tanzania over the death of the 61-year-old president who succumbed to a heart attack.
He described Magufuli as a pragmatic leader who believed in and worked for the economic empowerment of East Africans.
“I have, with great sadness, learnt of the death of His Excellency John Pombe Magufuli. He was a pragmatic leader who believed in and worked for the economic empowerment of East Africans. We join Tanzania in mourning the passing of a great son of Africa. May his soul rest in peace,” Museveni tweeted.
Magufuli died of a heart attack at Mzena Hospital in Dar es Salaam which he had been treating for the last ten years. Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu confirmed in a televised statement.
According to Tanzania’s constitution, the Vice President will now be sworn in as the new president and will serve the remainder of Magufuli’s five-year team which he began last year.
