TANZANIA:STANDING ORDERS FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE 2009-THIRD EDITION (Ukurasa 277-279)

(Soma standing order for public service 2009 3rd edition)
Tanzania kuna sheria na kanuni mbalimbali zinazo ongoza Utumishi wa umma; Kutojua haki zako za msingi mara nyingi watumishi wa Umma wamekuwa wakinyanyasika kupata stahiki zao ambazo serikali inapaswa kutoa kwa mtumishi husika na familia yake. LEO nimeamua kuwaletea kipengele kinacho husu Nani agharamie mazishi ikiwa itatokea mtumishi wa umma umefariki, au mwenzi wako au watato wako ikitokea ame/wamefariki. Hivyo ni jukumu la kila taasisi ya serikali kupanga bajeti ya mazishi kwa watumishi wake, ili kama ikitokea taasisi iweze kukuhudumia.Jambo hili lipo kisheria. Hakuna mtu anayependa kufa, lakini Kifo hakikwepeki na huwezi jua kesho nini kitatokea MUNGU mwenyewe ndiyo anaye jua.

TANZANIA:STANDING ORDERS FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE 2009-THIRD EDITION (Ukurasa 277-279)
SERIOUS ILLNESS AND DEATH
Q.5 Serious Illness of Public Servants:
When a public servant is considered to be dangerously ill, the Medical Officer in whose care he is, shall immediately notify the immediate supervisor of the public servant or the District Administrative Secretary who shall communicate the particulars to the public servant‟s relatives if they are not near him and his Chief Executive Officer. Similar notifications shall be sent regularly, even daily if necessary, until the patient is considered to be out of danger. Information shall also be furnished by the Medical Officer as to whether the patient's wife or husband is with him or her.
Q.6 Death Notification to Government:
(1) The death of a public servant shall be reported to the Chief Executive Officer concerned in the first instance of communication. The initial notification shall be followed up by a detailed report giving the following information:
(a) hour, date, place and cause of death (description of illness etc);
(b) address if known, of the nearest relative;
(c) a report by the Medical Officer, through the Chief Medical Officer, suitable for communication to the relatives of the deceased, omitting any details of a distressing or painful nature;
(d) in the first instance, the public servant responsible for notifying the deceased relatives of the death of a public servant shall take into consideration all the reference to the deceased good qualities of work and the esteem in which he has held while in the office before submitting the report to the Chief Executive Officer. Reference to any last wishes of the deceased and the funeral arrangements can be made in this letter, or in the report;
(e) the Chief Executive Officer can either embody the information given in the report under sub paragraph (e) in a personal letter to the nearest relative, or forward that report as it stands if he is unable to amplify the report from his own individual knowledge. Care should be taken to address the letter personally and to couch it in sympathetic terms; and
(f) information on the arrangements made regarding the administration of the estate of the deceased.
(2) The above report, which shall be submitted without delay, shall be forwarded together with a certified copy of the entry in the Register of Deaths.
(3) The report as described in the foregoing paragraphs shall be furnished by the Chief Executive Officer on the deceased if the death occurs within his cognisance.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), the death of a public servant shall be reported to the Permanent Secretary (Establishments) for purposes of records and publication in the official gazette.
Q.7 Funeral Cost:
(1) The following costs of the burial of every public servant (excluding a public servant on temporary or daily paid terms) shall be borne by public funds:
(a) coffin;
(b) grave;
(c) shroud;
(d) wreath and decorations; and
(e) transport costs of the deceased public servant from the point of death to the home place of the deceased or any other place as decided by the deceased himself prior to the occurrence of death or his relatives or his official representative(s).
(2) The funeral costs specified under paragraph (1) shall apply to the public servant‟s spouse and children, and shall be borne by public funds.
(3) Every organization shall have its own arrangements to provide for some reasonable support for funeral expenses