This archive report was first published on 25 August 2020.
Former Likoni Member of Parliament Masoud Mwahima, who served as MP from 2007, has died at the age of 78.
According to his son Juma, Mwahima passed away on Monday night at his home in Likoni due to asthma complications.
"He passed on last night," Juma confirmed, adding that his father had been treated for asthma.
Mwahima's death comes just three weeks after the passing of former Changamwe legislator Ramadhan Kajembe, who succumbed to COVID-19 along with his wife and daughter.