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Reginald Mengi: Tanzania businessman dies in Dubai

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Businessman, Reginald Mengi, one of East Africa’s richest men, has died at the age of 75 years.

Mengi is the owner of IPP media, the biggest media outlet in Tanzania, that owns 11 newspaper and radio outlets.

He hit the headlines in 2015 when he married former Miss Tourism Tanzania – Jackline Mtuyabaluya, who is 36 years younger than him and with whom he sired two children.

He was originally married to Mercy Anna Mengi, now deceased. They were married in November 1971 and had three children – Regina, Rodney and Abdiel.

She (Mercy) was 71 when she died in October 2018.

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Milton Nyakundi is a veteran multimedia journalist with over 20 years of experience across broadcast, digital, and print media, who relocated to the United States in 2022 and is now the Senior International Correspondent for Kurunzi News based in Washington, DC, USA. He has previously worked with the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), among other high-profile roles with Kenya's first privately-owned media outlet - Kenya Television Network. His experience also include prominent roles as Media Consultant for Football Kenya Federation (FKF), and StarTimes Kenya. His career spans high‑stakes political reporting covering legislative and constitutional issues, elections, governance, and accountability across Kenya, Africa, and global arenas. He also boasts extensive sports journalism experience, covering local and international sports events, including leagues, tournaments and sports governance. He is well-known for his investigative depth, editorial leadership, and evidence-driven journalism that guides his consistent delivery of public‑interest storytelling across platforms.

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