Tragedy as family of three perishes in house inferno

Musoma. A quality manager at the Mara Regional Laboratory, Mr Rochi Mkolekuwa (39), his wife, Ms Mariam Msigwa (34), and their four-year-old son, Rochi Shaban, tragically died after their rented house was engulfed in flames.

 The incident occurred on the night of January 5, 2026, at Nyarusurya Street in Musoma Municipality, Mara Region, where the family had been living for over three years.