Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is reportedly admitted at the Nairobi Hospital in Kenya after contracting #Covid-19.
The President, who regularly addresses public rallies and congregants on Sundays, was last seen in public on February 24.
Kenya’s Daily Nation has today reported that an African leader is admitted at a Nairobi hospital, but did not reveal who it was.
The speculation come after the country’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu questioned the president’s whereabouts.
Tanzania’s top opposition leaders claim that Magufuli is on a ventilator, a machine that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently.
Yesterday, Tundu Lissu, who unsuccessfully ran against Magufuli in the October 2020 presidential election, was among the first leaders in Tanzania to raise questions on the President’s whereabouts.
“The president’s well-being is a matter of grave public concern,” Lissu said in a tweet Tuesday. He cited public announcements of previous Tanzanian leaders’ illnesses.
“We’re informed when Kikwete had prostate surgery. We’re told when Mkapa went for hip replacement. We’re not kept in the dark when Mwalimu fought leukemia. What’s it with Magufuli that we don’t deserve to know?” he asked.
Magufuli has been on the spot after waging a campaign in his country that the coronavirus is lie, urging the population to go on with their lives claiming it can be defeated by “prayers”.
