The cause of death of ex-President of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa became known

Tanzania's third president, Benjamin William Mkapa, was hospitalized on Thursday, July 23. He was diagnosed with malaria in the hospital, but later died of a heart attack. This was reported by East African television EAtv with reference to a statement made by a member of the family of the late president William Erio. Speaking at a memorial service held at Uhuru Square in Dar es Salaam on July 26, Erio called on residents of the country to stop spreading rumors on social networks about the reason for the death of the ex-president. Our elder was not feeling well, he was taken to the hospital, after taking tests he found malaria and began to treat it on Thursday (July 23), I personally sat with him until 20:00, then I found out that he got up and bowed his head, when the doctors approached him, he was already dead, the official cause of death is a heart attack, Erio said.