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| President Kikwete signs Mr Sumari's condolence book |
The burial ceremony of the former Deputy Minsiter for Finance
and Economic Affairs Jeremiah Sumari is expected to be held next week in his home village in Arumeru District, Deputy Speaker Job
Ndugai has said.
The details on burial arrangements,
however, would be released later after consultations between the Bunge office
and the family of Mr Sumari, who had been ill since he was re-elected
in 2010. He was also the founder of Solomon Stockbroker Ltd..
At the same time the Clerk of the
National Assembly, Dr Thomas Kashililah confirmed that Mr Sumari was sworn-in,
but added that he still would have been recognised as an MP even if he had not
taken oath because a person is considered a duly elected legislator once the
National Electoral Commission declares him or her the winner of a parliamentary
election.
Mourners will pay their last respects in
Dar es Salaam tomorrow (Saturday) after which the body will be taken to
Arumeru.
The head of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Tanzania, Dr Alex Malasusa, said at Mr Sumari’s Mbezi Beach residence
that the late MP was a devout worshipper and resourceful church elder.
President Jakaya Kikwete sent his
condolences to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Anne Makinda.
“I have received with profound shock and
sorrow news of the death of Honourable Jeremiah Solomon Sumari. He was a leader
who selflessly served his Arumeru East constituents and the nation in his
capacity as a minister,” the President said in his message.
The opposition Chadema sent a condolence
message to Mr Sumari’s family, Parliament and CCM.
The Arumeru East MP-cum-stock broker died
at the Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute where he was battling a brain cancer.Mr Sumari, who served in that post between 2005 and 2010, becomes
the third MP to die after the October 2010 General Election.
The first was Mr Mussa Khamis Silima,
who died after he was involved a road accident in Dodoma last August. He represented the Zanzibar House of
Representatives in the National Assembly.Last Saturday, Chadema lawmaker Mtema
died in a road accident at Ruvu in Coast Region. She was buried in Ifakara District on
Wednesday.
Source: The Citizen www.thecitizen.co.tz reported by Mkinga
Mkinga and Frank Aman in Dar and Mussa Juma in Arusha
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