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Prof Mochiwa to be laid to rest today in Handeni
2008-01-14 09:04:59
By Pastory Nguvu
An Open University of Tanzania (OUT) Kiswahili lecturer Professor Zakaria Mochiwa will be buried today at his home village in Handeni District, Tanga Region.
Speaking to The Guardian yesterday in Dar es Salaam OUT director of communication and marketing Albert Memba said that friends and relatives of the late Prof Mochiwa paid their last respects yesteday.
``After last respects at his Makumbusho residence his body will be taken to Handeni today (yesterday) and tomorrow (today) at around 4 pm he will be buried there,`` he said.
He said Professor Mochiwa`s death has left a big gap at the university as he (late Professor Mochiwa) was a competent lecturer and linguist in the university's Kiswahili Department.
``He had a lot of experience in Kiswahili and was a person who considered Kiswahili a language to be given priority in today's era,`` said Memba.
Professor Mochiwa died last Friday morning at the university`s hospital at Kinondoni in the city.
According to his grandson, Mhina Francis, the late Professor Mochiwa was suffering from diabetes and stroke that left him paralysed.
He is survived by a widow and four children.
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