Magufulli hailed for fight against corruption
Updated | By Nokukhanya N Mntambo
The late Tanzanian president John Magufuli has been remembered as a leader of principle and a noble servant of his people.

Magufuli was laid to rest on Monday after he suddenly succumbed to a heart condition last week in a Dar es Salaam hospital at the age of 61.
Less than a week earlier, the country’s top officials had denied he was violently ill.
Various African leaders landed in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, to pay their last respects.
President Cyril Ramaphosa told mourners packed at the Jamhuri Stadium that Magufuli’s top priority was serving the country’s people.
“I also recall the discussions that President Magufuli and I had when he came to South Africa for my own inauguration, and we discussed his vision for development of Tanzania and for the region and our continent. I felt honoured because President Magufuli was not a great traveller, he didn’t like travelling very much, he preferred to stay here at home.
“And I often though that he was afraid of being in a plane, but he told me that no, he prefers to be here to continuously serve the people of Tanzania rather than to be travelling all over the show,” Ramaphosa said.
“I can now see that indeed he stayed here at home to serve you as the people of Tanzania because the work he has done and what he has left behind is quite impressive.”
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Ramaphosa hailed Magufuli’s fight against corruption.
“Lastly, I want to thank president Magufuli for three things. President Magufuli stood out as a warrior against corruption. He was one of the new generation of leaders on our continent who waged a war against corruption and who believed that leaders should work for their people and not for themselves.
“I also want to thank him for focusing on economic development, focusing more of his attention on the economic development of his country and the region and indeed the continent as well.
Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been inaugurated as Magufuli’s successor, becoming the country's first female president.
Botswana’s Mokgweetsi Masisi told Hassan that the Southern African Development Community would throw its weight behind her.
“Madam President Hassan, you have big shoes to fill but know that as our only sister president we will hold your hand always – for the success of Tanzania, for the success of Tanzania is our success.”

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