MP Shamakokera to be laid to rest tomorrow

The Parliament will tomorrow morning hold a burial ceremony, at Parliament buildings, for the late MP Tharcisse Shamakokera, who succumbed to prolonged illness on Tuesday night.

Thursday, February 23, 2012
MP Shamakokera will be laid to rest tomorrow. New Times Photo

The Parliament will tomorrow morning hold a burial ceremony, at Parliament buildings, for the late MP Tharcisse Shamakokera, who succumbed to prolonged illness on Tuesday night.

Flags will fly at half mast as a sign of mourning.

The Director of Communication and Public Outreach in the Parliament, Augustine Habimana,  said that mourners will  then attend a funeral service at Regina Pacis church in Remera after which his body will be laid to rest at Rusororo cemetery, in Kabuga.

Shamakokera was the RPF-Inkotanyi representative for Nyarugenge District. He is survived by his wife and four children.