This archive report was first published on 25 August 2020.
Former Likoni Member of Parliament Masoud Mwahima passed away on August 24, 2020, at the age of 78.
According to his son Juma, Mwahima died at his home in Likoni, Mombasa, after being treated for asthma.
"He passed on last night," Juma said, confirming the death of the former legislator who was first elected as MP in 2007.
Mwahima's death comes just three weeks after that of former Changamwe legislator Ramadhan Kajembe, who succumbed to COVID-19 along with his wife and daughter.