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Tanzania: A Year to Forget! Deaths That Shocked Tanzania in 2020

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[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Demises of the third phase government President Benjamin Mkapa, the Constitutional and Legal Affairs minister Augustine Mahiga, Members of Parliament (MPs) Rashid Akbar, Getrude Rwakatare and Richard Ndassa are the deaths that shocked the nation in 2020.

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