Shock waves spread as Maalim Seif dies
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Shock waves spread as Maalim Seif dies
THE death of Zanzibar First Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad yesterday marked the end of an era for Zanzibar since the reintroduction of multiparty politics in the early 1990s.
The news of the passing on of Hamad announced by Zanzibar President Dr Hussein Mwinyi sent shockwaves across the nation since the deceased was among the most popular public figures the country has ever produced.
He was early this month admitted at Muhimbili National Hospital in the city where he died yesterday morning at the age of 77. On January 31 he was reportedly hospitalized at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital in Zanzibar and his party ACT-Wazalendo said in a statement that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
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