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Tanzania ex-minister Mramba dies of Covid-related complications

Tanzania’s former Finance minister Basil Mramba. PHOTO | THE CITIZEN | NMG

By  The Citizen

Nation Media Group

Tanzania’s former Finance minister, Basil Mramba, has died at the age of 81 after being hospitalised with Covid-19 complications, his family says.

He died on Tuesday at Regency Hospital in Dar es Salaam while undergoing treatment.

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