That more than 30,000 people including Tanzania’s Vice President Mohamed Gharib Bilal, Tanzania’s First Lady Mama Salma Kikwete, other senior government officials, artists and people from all walks of life gathered to pay their last respects at the capital Dar Es Salaam's Leader’s Club, is a testimony to Kanumba's immense popularity at such an early age and to his contribution to Tanzania’s film industry (popularly known as Bongo Movies). 
Kwamba umati zaidi ya watu 30,000 akiwemo Makamu wa Rais wa Tanzania Mohamed Gharib Bilal, Mke wa rais wa Tanzania Mama Salma Kikwete, maafisa waandamizi wa serikali, wasanii na watu wa tabaka mbambali walikusanyika kutoa heshima zao za mwisho katika viwanja vya Leader’s Club vilivyo katika jiji kuu la kibiashara la Dar Es Salaam. Idadi hiyo kubwa inayoingia katika rekodi za pekee ni ushahidi unaothibitisha umaarufu mkubwa wa Kanumba, licha ya kuwa bado na umri mdogo. Katika salamu mbalimbali za rambirambi, mchango wake katika kukuza tasnia ya filamu nchini Tanzania, maarufu kama "Bongo movie", au pia kama Tollywood kwa kufuata mtiririko wa Holliwood, Bollywood na Norriwood.