Dar es Salaam, Feb. 16 -- ARUSHA: ARUSHA Region came to a stand still on Thursday as the body of former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa, arrived in his ancestral roots, ready for burial in Monduli District tomorrow.

At around 11 hours morning, a Fokker 50, flight 5H-TGF, owned by the Tanzania Flight Agency, which carried the body of the late Lowassa, landed at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) from Dar es Salaam.

Various people led by Arusha Regional Commissioner (RC) John Mongella, accompanied by several district commissioners, religious leaders, musicians, senior military officers from the Tanzania Peoples Defence Force (TPDF) and other security and defence organs were at the airport to receive the body.

Engulfed with sadness, wi...