Miss Tanzania 2006 Wema Sepetu mourns the death of her father Isaac
Sepetu at their Sinza home in Dar es Salaam, yesterday. With her is
Mariam, her mother. The former minister died on Sunday at TMJ Hospital
in Dar es Salaam and will be buried tomorrow in Zanzibar. PHOTO | SALIM
SHAO
By The Citizen Correspondents
Posted Tuesday, October 29 2013 at 00:00
Posted Tuesday, October 29 2013 at 00:00
In Summary
He died on Sunday at TMJ Hospital in Dar es Salaam
after a battle with diabetes and high blood pressure, aged 70. He will
be buried tomorrow at Mbuzini in Zanzibar.
Dar es Salaam. Fallen diplomat Isaac Sepetu got poor support from the Zanzibar government when he was ill, his family said.
His wife, Mariam, told The Citizen that when her
seriously sick husband was flown to Dar es Salaam from Zanzibar,
attempts to get support from the government failed. “It was not
supportive of us,” she lamented.
She said although President Ali Mohamed Shein was
ready to assist with better treatment, the permanent secretary in the
Zanzibar ministry of Health, Mr Mohamed Didawi, was not supportive.
Speaking to The Citizen over the phone, the
Zanzibar minister of Health, Mr Juma Hamduni Haji, criticised Mrs Sepetu
for not taking her concern to the President after getting a lukewarm
response from the ministry. Mr Haji said she could as well have taken
the patient to Muhimbili National Hospital. Mr Sepetu leaves behind two
widows and nine children.
He died on Sunday at TMJ Hospital in Dar es Salaam
after a battle with diabetes and high blood pressure, aged 70. He will
be buried tomorrow at Mbuzini in Zanzibar.
His last-born, Wema, who was Miss Tanzania 2006,
said: “We mourn the loss of a strong, loving, wise, social and
supportive father. He loved us all equally.” Amani, his firstborn, said
the father was admitted to TMJ Hospital for 10 days and up to his death
was a member of CCM and chairman of the Zanzibar Investment Promotion
Authority.
Sepetu was a former Tanzanian ambassador to Russia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
SOURCE: THE CITIZEN
SOURCE: THE CITIZEN
