Judge Msuya laid to rest in Dar
Former President Jakaya Kikwete, his wife Salma, acting Chief Justice Ibrahim Juma and other mourners at the funeral of Judge Upendo Msuya in Dar es Salaam yesterday. PHOTO|SAID KHAMIS
What you need to know:
- Former President Jakaya Kikwete, Constitutional and Legal Affairs minister Palamagamba Kabudi, acting Chief Justice Ibrahim Juma, retired judges, ex-Speaker Anne Makinda and political leaders were among high-profile leaders who attended the burial of the judge who resigned two months ago due to poor health.
Dar es Salaam. High Court Judge Upendo Msuya, who died last week, was laid to rest at the Kinondoni cemetery yesterday.
Former President Jakaya Kikwete, Constitutional and Legal Affairs minister Palamagamba Kabudi, acting Chief Justice Ibrahim Juma, retired judges, ex-Speaker Anne Makinda and political leaders were among high-profile leaders who attended the burial of the judge who resigned two months ago due to poor health.
A requiem service was held at the KKKT Wazo Hill Church before her body was taken for burial.
She died at Hubert Kairuki Memorial Hospital in Dar es Salaam where she was admitted after she suffered a stroke.
Judge Msuya was unable to perform her duties due to poor health and opted to resign.
President John Magufuli accepted her resignation on May 16.
She was appointed judge of the High Court on May 29, 2008 alongside 10 others by then-President Kikwete.
Before becoming a judge she was the executive secretary of the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRGG).
On October 10, 2007, President Kikwete appointed her to head CHRGG, replacing Mr Gad Mjemmas, who in December 2006 was appointed judge of the High Court.
