Kenyan teacher shot dead in Tanzania

A family in Nairobi’s Huruma estate has been thrown into mourning following the deadly post-election unrest in Tanzania. John Okoth Ogutu, a 33-year-old Kenyan teacher who had lived in Dar es Salaam for more than a decade, was reportedly caught up in the violent skirmishes that erupted after the polls. Ogutu, who taught at a primary school in Dar es Salaam, was said to be preparing to return home as tensions escalated. According to the family, a contact in Dar es Salaam relayed the devastating news that Ogutu had been shot on October 29, election day. The distraught family is now desperately seeking to trace his remains for repatriation and burial, amid concerns that his body may be missing.