Still no word about Magufuli
THERE is still no word on the disappearance of Tanzanian President John Magufuli, Africa’s most prominent Covid-19 denier. The Tanzanian Government has vigorously denied reports that President John Magufuli had been admitted in a Kenyan hospital and later flown to India, for covid related complication. Although the President has denied the existence of Covid in …
THERE is still no word on the disappearance of Tanzanian President John Magufuli, Africa’s most prominent Covid-19 denier.
The Tanzanian Government has vigorously denied reports that President John Magufuli had been admitted in a Kenyan hospital and later flown to India, for covid related complication.
Although the President has denied the existence of Covid in Tanzania,the General Secretary of the Catholic Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC), Father Charles Kitima, last week announced that more than 25 priests, 60 nuns and two elders of the laity died within two months of various causes including respiratory issues, in the pandemic that has largely gone unreported but which has ravaged the country.
President Magufuli disappeared from public sight 18 days ago. Now, he is widely rumored to be seriously ill with the same virus that he has dismissed and downplayed over the past year.
Last May, Magufuli declared that “Tanzania has beaten coronavirus” after ordering three days of national prayer.
