Celebrated Tanzania musician Rehema Yusuph Chalamila popularly known as Ray C has joined the rest of the world to mourn the sudden death of Tanzania billionaire and media mogul Reginald Abraham Mengi.
According to the reports,Mengi died at the age of 75 while receiving treatment in Dubai.
Though he had been visibly weakened and slowed by a mild stroke he had suffered less than a year ago, when Dar es Salaam-based businessman and philanthropist.
In a long instagram post, Ray C praised the late mzee Mengi for his noble heart, she went to describe him as a person who gave freely to the causes dear to him, he was good people.
Mzee alifanya mengi sana kwa walemavu Tanzania!mnaweza msielewe lakini kila mwaka alikuwa anaandaa siku ya kula na walemavu!hiyo ndo ilikuwa furaha yake mzee Mengi!Tuliomjua kitambo tunaijua roho yake
Mengi’s remains arrived at Julius Nyerere International airport on an Emirates flight. Hundred mourners including relatives and friends gathered at the airport’s terminal to receive him.
Mengi argued, correctly, that a body that is funded by the taxpayer should not do political work for the government of the day, but that rather it should serve all sections of society.
Mengi will be remembered by many for his tireless efforts to help the needy, not only because he gave generously, but also, and especially, because he popularized causes that had not been talked about before.
It is likely that Tanzanians will remember this soft-spoken man, not for the amount of money he gave to charity, but for the rich heart that made him give gladly. Let’s all fete him, for Reginald Abraham Mengi was good people.