Dar es Salaam, March 30 -- DAR ES SALAAM: FORMER Secretary General of the East African Community Ambassador Juma Mwapachu, who passed away on Friday in Dar es Salaam, will be laid to rest today at his home village in Tanga Region.

According to a family statement availed to the media yesterday, Ambassador Mwapachus body will be transported to Pande Village, Kiomoni Tanga, where the funeral will be held today.

Ambassador Mwapachu, the long-serving member of Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), died in Dar es Salaam at the age of 83 while undergoing treatment at Muhimbili National Hospital.

Meanwhile, the East African Business Council (EABC) has described Ambassador Mwapachu as a passionate champion of regional integra- tion and private sector deve...