Hundreds bid farewell to Masaka accident victims

Dar es Salaam. Minister of State in the President's Office (Public Service Management and Good Governance) Ms Angela Kairuki led hundreds of mourners, who attended a Requiem Service to the bodies of 13 Tanzanians, who perished in a road accident in Masaka in Uganda last Sunday.

The service, which held at Lugalo Hospital on Wednesday, Sept 20 was attended by a number of government officials and representatives of Ugandan government including Ugandan Ambassador to Tanzania.

Addressing the mourners, Ms Kairuki thanked the Ugandan government for paying the cost of transporting the bodies to Tanzania as well as for facilitating treatment of six Tanzanians who survived the accident.

"We thank the Ugandan government under President Yoweri Museveni for the support that they have shown in this difficult time," she said.

She also consoled former deputy minister for finance Mr Gregory Teu and his family after he lost 12 relatives in the grislily accident.

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For her part, Ms Betty Kamya minister for Kampala, who represented Uganda president Yoweri Museveni, said Uganda government is still investigating the cause of the accident.

Mr teu’s spokesperson Mr Evarist Soka said the deceased will be laid to rest in Kilimanjaro and Mpwapwa.

, the 13 deceased bodies will be transported to Mpwapwa-Dodoma and Moshi-Kilimanjaro for funeral procedures.