• Mombasa county Transport and Infrastructure Executive Taufiq Balala was present at the burial together with outgoing Mombasa governor Hassan Joho among others.
Mombasa politicians joined the family of Tourism CS Najib Balala to condole with them following the demise of his elder brother Sheikh Salim Mohamed Abdalla Balala.
Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala lost his elder brother Sheikh Salim on Thursday.
Balala announced his death in the morning.
The late Sheikh Salim served as an Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning from 1966 to 1974.
Salim was interred at Kikowani Muslim cemetery on Thursday.
Mombasa county Transport and Infrastructure Executive Taufiq Balala was present at the burial together with outgoing Mombasa governor Hassan Joho among others.
"It is with great sadness to announce the death of my eldest brother, Sheikh Salim Mohamed Abdallah Balala. The late Sheikh Salim is father to Salaah Balala, Abdallah Balala, Taufiq Balala, Mohammed Balala and 3 daughters," Balala said in a tweet.