Tanzania, Feb. 14 -- Arusha. Laanyuni Sumuni Laizer (69) is a Tanzanian working at an academy in Denmark.

He is not among those flashy members of the diaspora who would come home with all the pomp associated with opulence, despite working and living abroad (and in a developed country) for over 30 years.

He frequented his Monduli home, but this time around he is devastated that his sojourn coincided with the death of his schoolmate Edward Lowassa.

Mr Laizer could be one of the few people who had been closely associated with the late prime minister at a tender age.

They were schoolmates at Monduli Primary School in 1961, during which they interacted closely.

They both hailed from pastoralist families in Monduli, with Lowassa's family d...