African leader taken ill, admitted to city hospital

African leader taken ill, admitted to city hospital

View attachment 1722377Tanzania's President John Magufuli is being treated in hospital in Kenya and is in a critical condition, opposition leader Tundu Lissu has told the BBC, citing well-placed sources.

He has had coronavirus and a cardiac arrest, Mr Lissu said he had been told.

The BBC has not been able to confirm these reports.

Mr Magufuli, who has not been seen in public for 11 days, has faced criticism for his handling of Covid-19 - his government is refusing to buy vaccines.

The East African nation has not published its coronavirus cases since May.


The 61-year-old president has called for prayers and herbal-infused steam therapy to counter the virus.

Earlier this month, at a funeral for a top presidential aide, Mr Magufuli said Tanzania had defeated Covid-19 last year and would win again this year.

The aide died hours after the vice-president of the country's semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar, who was being treated for Covid-19.

'Silence irresponsible'​

Mr Lissu said he had been told that President Magufuli was flown to Kenya for treatment at Nairobi Hospital on Monday night.


There has been no official response from the government, which has warned against publishing unverified information about the Tanzanian leader, who was last seen at an official event in Dar es Salaam on 27 February.

Nairobi Hospital also said it could not comment.

Mr Lissu told the BBC that the government's silence was fuelling rumours, was irresponsible, and the president's health should not be a private matter.

It would not be a surprise to Tanzanians that Mr Magufuli had contracted coronavirus as he had been reckless in the face of the virus, he said.


Last week, the Catholic Church in Tanzania urged people to take Covid-19 precautions more seriously, saying 60 nuns and 25 priests had died in the last two months after showing symptoms of coronavirus.

Mr Lissu first went into exile in 2017 after surviving an assassination attempt. He returned to take part in last year's polls, the results of which he says were rigged.

He left the country again in November, saying he had received more death threats.

BBC buana utafikiri hawamjui JIWE mzee wa KIKI.
 
Haiwezi kuwa rahisi hivyo, ila inawezekana maana si kwa ukimya huu
 
View attachment 1722377Tanzania's President John Magufuli is being treated in hospital in Kenya and is in a critical condition, opposition leader Tundu Lissu has told the BBC, citing well-placed sources.

He has had coronavirus and a cardiac arrest, Mr Lissu said he had been told.

The BBC has not been able to confirm these reports.

Mr Magufuli, who has not been seen in public for 11 days, has faced criticism for his handling of Covid-19 - his government is refusing to buy vaccines.

The East African nation has not published its coronavirus cases since May.


The 61-year-old president has called for prayers and herbal-infused steam therapy to counter the virus.

Earlier this month, at a funeral for a top presidential aide, Mr Magufuli said Tanzania had defeated Covid-19 last year and would win again this year.

The aide died hours after the vice-president of the country's semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar, who was being treated for Covid-19.

'Silence irresponsible'​

Mr Lissu said he had been told that President Magufuli was flown to Kenya for treatment at Nairobi Hospital on Monday night.


There has been no official response from the government, which has warned against publishing unverified information about the Tanzanian leader, who was last seen at an official event in Dar es Salaam on 27 February.

Nairobi Hospital also said it could not comment.

Mr Lissu told the BBC that the government's silence was fuelling rumours, was irresponsible, and the president's health should not be a private matter.

It would not be a surprise to Tanzanians that Mr Magufuli had contracted coronavirus as he had been reckless in the face of the virus, he said.


Last week, the Catholic Church in Tanzania urged people to take Covid-19 precautions more seriously, saying 60 nuns and 25 priests had died in the last two months after showing symptoms of coronavirus.

Mr Lissu first went into exile in 2017 after surviving an assassination attempt. He returned to take part in last year's polls, the results of which he says were rigged.

He left the country again in November, saying he had received more death threats.

So where were you?

Your entire country has been talking about this news for two days now.
 
So anataka kutuaminisha kwamba kujifukiza hakujaleta impact?
 
You know this would be long gone if your govt spokesperson would come out, deny or verify these claims?

Why on earth and how long would he be willing to waste his time responding to claims engineered by a bunch of jobless folks such as Lissu, Zitto, Lema, Msigwa, etc?
 
..I agree with you.

..and for me I am waiting until SUNDAY to see if he will show up at any church in Dsm or Dodoma.

If I were JPM, I would actually stay out of sight for a much longer period of time so the jobless Lissu et al keep daydreaming!
 
Lisu is behind this rumour. He's in first place started to ask the whereabouts of H.E.
Saying we didn't see him in the church. Didn't see him in public. He's nowadays a rumour monger, gossiping around. He has nothing tangible to offer. Anaongea uongo uongo tu.
I think this's why the GoT opted to be silence.
Clutching at straws much?

You blaming a guy who is in Belgium??

You're the same people who told us that lissu lost the elections because nobody believed whatever he said? Now you want to tell us that the same guy is responsible for the for this story because out of nowhere now people believe whatever he says?

Which one is it? Jeezus Christ y'all cant figure out which lie to stick with.
 
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Finally umeonyesha maturity.
Sema ‘unahisi’, ‘unadhani’, au ‘unasadiki’.

Hujui chochote. Kusema ‘unajua vyema’ ninavyojisikia ni kuongopa.

Lakini, cha kusikitisha zaidi ni jinsi ulivyo zuzu.

Hujui kabisa maana au tofauti ya ‘kujua’, ‘kuhisi’, wala ‘kudhani’.

Kilichopo moyoni mwangu [siyo rohoni, kama ulivyodai], hukijui. Huna uwezo wa kuingia ‘moyoni’ mwangu na kuona ninavyojisikia.
 
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