Bunge Newsletter

Bunge Principal Information Officer died in Malaysia
Once again the Office of National Assembly has suffered
a great loss of its member of staff the late Ernest
Xavier Zulu. The diseased who was born on July 10th
1957 in Songea region at Maposeni – Ndilima village
passed away on May 23rd, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia after he had suffered from brain trauma followed
by head surgery towards the end of the year 2012.
The late Zulu joined Bunge in 1997 after he had
worked with the then Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation
since 1976 to 1983 as an Assistant News
Writer, The Uhuru/ Mzalendo Senior Correspondent
in 1985 to 1990, The Express Newspaper Sub
– editor in 1991 to 1994 and the Voice of Germany
(Doche Welle) Senior Correspondent in 1995
Due to his dedicated endeavor, in 2004 Mr. Ernest
Zulu was promoted to Principal Information
Officer, the position he held till he passed away.
Eager to learn more and despite of his grown age, in
July 2010 Mr. Zulu joined the Taylor University in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia to pursue the Bachelor Degree
in Media Communication and Administration, the
course which was due to an end come November 2013.
The above story speaks for itself as for how our beloved
Zulu cherished education and went after it.
Let it be a legacy and inspiration to young, old and
to all of us who knew and worked with the late Ernest
Zulu. To many he was referred to as a Teacher…
The diseased studied at Mpera Primary School in
Kahama from 1966 to 1970. For the Ordinary level
studies, the late Zulu went at Bagamoyo Secondary
School from the year 1971 to 1974 culminating
with Diploma in Journalism from the then Tanzania
School of Journalism (TSJ) in 1975 to 1976.
In his quest to quench academic thirst, in
1986 to 1987 the diseased attended International
Journalism studies in Moscow, Russia.
Survived with a widow and four children the late Zulu
in 1997 joined Bunge as a Civic Education Consultant
and in 1998 Mr. Zulu was fully employed by Office of
National Assembly as a Senior Information Officer.
The Office of the National Assembly in collaboration
with the Embassy of Tanzania in Malaysia
worked diligently to bring back to the cou
try the remains of the body of Mr. Ernest Zulu.
The Commissioner and the Mafia Island Member of
Parliament who represented the Speaker of the National
Assembly Hon. Abdul Karim Shah together
with the Clerk of the National Assembly Dr. Thomas
Kashilliah led the Bunge Staff in receiving the body and
arranging funeral ceremony which took place in Songea
at Maposeni-Ndilima village on May 31st, 2013.
The Potrait of the late Ernest Zullu
The Widow Mrs Theresia Zullu (Right) morning
her husband
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