Gone too soon! Media guru dies in South Africa while receiving treatment

Tanzania is mourning as one of their media gurus, Ruge Mutahaba, breathed his last on Tuesday evening at a hospital in South Africa.

The media and entertainment guru Ruge was the director of strategy and programmes development at Clouds Media Group.

He died while receiving treatment in South Africa after battling kidney failure for a long time.

Ruge’s brother narrated his last moments on earth

Ilipotimu mida ya saa 10:30 jioni South Africa Jua kwa Shujaa na Jasiri muongoza njia Ruge Mutahaba lilipoteza mwangaza na kubeba taswira ya ukimya utakaobakia kwenye vitendo milele na Fikra zinazoishi katika mioyo ya vijana wengi. #RememberingRuge #JasiriMuongozaNjia pic.twitter.com/a8xnt5ETIa

— Clouds Media (@CloudsMediaLive) February 26, 2019

When news of the sudden death of Ruge hit the interwebs and various media outlets, top personalities sent in their condolences.

President John Magufuli condoled with the family of Ruge via his Twitter handle.

“I have received with shock information about the death of Ruge Mutahaba,” wrote president Magufuli. He referred to Mutahaba as “my son. “

Here are some more tweets.