The last journey of Raymond Moyo Isaac Anderson Musician in Maryland in the United States
He is a nyakyusa from Usale, Kyela, Mkoani Mbeya
His body will be brought to the country next week for burial
It was a long night, but for Raymond that was the usual time to leave work every day. After leaving work, he drove a long time to return to his home.
He was living in the city of Columbia, which is part of the city of Baltmore, in the state of Maryland in the United States. He has lived in the city for about 16 years, being a resident of the country with a special residency of the Green Card level.
That day he drove his white Subaru Imprezza,
until he got to a place on the way, his body was tired. He decided to park the car for a while so he could rest because he was feeling sleepy too. He laid down the car seat and rested a little, and then a deep sleep came over him, and he fell asleep.
Usually, people who decide to sleep or rest on the side of the road or similar places, leave the cars roaring, with the heater on if it's winter, or the AC on if it's summer. That's to say that the car must have enough fuel in the sense of full tank.
But for our brother because of that fatigue and as he told himself later when he was in the hospital, it was that when he just laid down on that chair, a deep sleep came over him and he fell asleep straight away.
He said that what he remembered was that his car only had half a tank of fuel and the car was roaring and he was just taking a little rest so that he could continue his journey later.
Strangely enough, the sleep lasted for a long time until he woke up later and saw that his legs and ribs were already frozen by the ice that fell that night. Also, some parts of his hands had begun to freeze, except for the fingers. work.
Then with difficulty he raised his body from the car seat and took his phone. He made emergency calls, where the disaster team came and took him and rushed him to the Howard County General Hospital, where he was taken directly to the ICU.
That was the beginning of his journey to stay in the hospital for treatment for more than 7 months while breathing on a machine, nursing his lungs which the doctors said were full of water.
That was his life until God took him on September 12, 2024.
In the United States, he left a divorce and a 14-year-old son named Mpoki. In Tanzania, he also left a son named Rodgers.
While in the hospital, he left a message for the doctors that his Nephew named Julius Mwakaleja who lives in the State of Texas should take care of him in the hospital all the time.
“Julius, if you see that I am overwhelmed here in the hospital, you will be the one who will come to turn off the breathing machine so that I can leave,” he told his nephew and Julius who replied that this will not happen.
“I won't be able to turn off your machine, Uncle, I promise you, you will recover, trust God,” said Julius.
The hospital tried several times to say that he should be sent to a care center and that the hospital is no longer suitable for him, but Julius strongly opposed that.
It is a matter of thanking God that he has finally rested his slave Raymond by his own decision without any pressure from the hospital or anyone else.
As is usual with tragedies that occur in the country, following this tragedy, various Diaspora communities in the United States, led by Julius and his friends, are struggling to raise money so that the body of the deceased can be returned to Tanzania. The goal being to rest it in the family cemetery located in Sumbi Township, Usale Village, Kyela where his father Isaac Anderson Angindike Mwaibila Mwamsiku was laid to rest.
Here in Tanzania, the families of Asyukile Mwakilima Mwakanyamale of Isaki Village and Thompson Mwakasisi of Talatala Village, Kyela are coordinating the tragedy, led by David Mwakasisi, whose deceased is his younger brother.
The body of the deceased is expected to be transported to Tanzania from the week starting Monday September 23, 2024. All those who know Raymond receive information about his death.
Condolences are received by
For those who are abroad, condolences should be sent to
Julius Thompson Came
CashApp: $JuliusMwakaleja
Zelle (913)-271-3767-Julius Mwakleja
For Tanzania, condolences should be sent to:
Salome Mwakasisi 0755 699 202
Jackson Mwakanyamale 0744841628
The history of his life
Raymond was born in June 1969 in Sumbi Township, Usale Village in Kyela District, in the family of Mother Evelyn Eselina Mwakilima and Elder Anderson Mwamsiku, where he was the first child.
He got his primary education at Sumbi primary school. After that he attended secondary school in Ipinda form one and two, before moving to Kyela Secondary which is now called Itope. Both schools at that time were owned by the United Parents Association. of CCM.
From Kyela secondary school he did well and was selected to go to the government school of Kantalamba, Sumbawanga in Rukwa region for HGL studies. There Kantalamba received fifth and sixth form education. After receiving JKT training he went to join the University education and graduated of Teaching including English and Geography.
After finishing his studies, he was assigned to teach at Kibiti secondary school in Pwani region, where he taught for a while, then he decided not to continue teaching, which was his profession. Instead, he looked for a job other than teaching. and Afrika Leo, which were the first online newspapers in Tanzania, with him being one of its editors.
While there at work, he applied and got a chance to study a secondary degree at the University of Northern Virginia where he graduated with a Masters Degree in Project Management.
While in the country, he participated in the exercise of applying for a green card, an opportunity that is open to various people in the world to live and work in the United States, where he succeeded in getting that opportunity and then decided to stay in the country and live in the country for more than 16 years until his death.
In short, that is Raymond's life here on earth. In front of him and us, our turn is coming.
The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away.
Amen
Written by
Benjamin Andongolile Thompson Mwakaleja,
His Nephew and Deceased,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
