Tanzania, March 25 -- Dodoma. Speaker of the National Assembly, Mussa Zungu, has suspended Parliamentary Committee sittings for one day to allow Members of Parliament (MPs) to mourn the death of their colleague, William Lukuvi.

Parliamentary committees are currently in Dodoma for scheduled meetings, while others are in different regions inspecting government development projects.

Mr Lukuvi, who served as Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (Policy, Parliament, Labour, Employment and Persons with Disabilities), died early on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, while receiving treatment at Benjamin Mkapa Zonal Referral Hospital in Dodoma.

According to a statement issued by the Parliament's Communications and Public Relations Unit, Mr...