Tanzania, March 26 -- Dar es Salaam. Veteran Member of Parliament, Cabinet minister and former Regional Commissioner, William Lukuvi has died, four months after another senior politician in the 13th Parliament passed away.

Lukuvi, who until his death served as Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (Policy, Parliament, Coordination and Persons with Disabilities), represented his constituency for 31 years, having first been elected in 1995. He was the longest-serving member of the 13th Parliament.

A former minister in various portfolios and an advisor on political affairs in the President's Office, Lukuvi becomes the second senior lawmaker to pass away in the 13th Parliament, after Jenista Mhagama, who died on December 11, 2025...