Curtains close for John Pombe Magufuli

Mourners, seen through glass, pay their respects as the body of former president John Magufuli lies in state at Uhuru stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Saturday, March 20, 2021. (AP Photo)

All is set for the burial of former Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli at his ancestral home in Chato, a town in the Geita Region of northwestern Tanzania.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan took to her Twitter to thank everyone who comforted, supported, and sent condolence messages to Tanzanians following the death of Magufuli on March 17, 2021.