Where is the Tanzanian President Located? John Magufuli has not been seen in public since February 26. Nearly two weeks of absence that started a wave of rumors, especially as the Kenyan press talks about the hospitalization of an African head of state in Nairobi because of Covid-19. Tanzanian power is not expressed, but the opposition is asking the authorities for explanations.
as reported from Nairobi, Sébastien Németh
“Where is President Magufuli? What is his state of health? We demand a press release. Opponent John John Mnyika, general secretary of the Chadema party, calls the authorities to account when the head of state has disappeared from the radar.
The Tanzanian president was on tour in Dar Es Salaam in late February. But since then, the very devout John Magufuli has not reappeared, not even at Sunday Mass.
Several people explain that he was admitted to a hospital in Nairobi. A source assumes a possible control of its pacemaker.
But the Kenyan press since Monday announced care for an African head of state suffering from Coronavirus. Without naming him, the Daily Nation gave clues reminiscent of John Magufuli.
Opponent Tundu Lissu judged that the head of state was actually influenced by Covid-19. “Sad to see that he had to travel to Kenya to prove that the remedies he proclaimed do not protect,” the former presidential candidate commented.
The irony would actually be as sharp as John Magufuli constantly minimized the epidemic, ignored hygiene measures, claimed that the virus had been defeated through prayers that it could be eradicated using steam baths and medicinal herbs.
Three weeks ago, the head of state softened his post-death position on the same day as his secretary and Zanzibar’s first vice president. John Magufuli eventually asked Tanzanians to wear masks.
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