Social Media has been awash with messages of goodwill and condolences from Kenyans to their Tanzanian counterparts.
Most ordinary Kenyans took to social media to praise former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa for the role he played in ending violence in the Country after the disputed 2007 elections.
Mkapa died on Friday morning at a Dar es Salaam hospital.
“Mkapa will be greatly remembered for his crucial role in the mediation panel of Eminent African Personalities led by former UN SG Koffi Annan that ended the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya.
May the Almighty God rest his soul in Eternal Peace,” said Governor Mike Sonko.
“Nimesikitishwa na kifo cha Mzee wetu Benjamin Mkapa (Rais Mstaafu wa Awamu ya 3). Nitamkumbuka kwa mapenzi yake makubwa kwa Taifa, ucha Mungu, uchapakazi na utendaji wake katika kujenga uchumi. Hakika Taifa limepoteza nguzo imara. Mungu aiweke roho yake mahali pema peponi, Amina,” said President John Pombe Magufuli on twitter.
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