Raila: John Magufuli and his family are close friends

The late President John Pombe Magufuli and ODM leader Raila Odinga. [Courtesy]

ODM leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has sent his condolence to the family President John Pombe Magufuli and the people of Tanzania.

Magufuli died in Mzena Hospital in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday evening, where he was receiving treatment for a heart condition, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan told the nation in a television address.