Tanzania opposition demands whereabouts of President Magufuli

“The president is not sick, he is working hard in his office,” Tanzanian PM said

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli is in the country and working hard in his office, his prime minister has said, scotching rumours about his whereabouts and health.

“Tanzanians be calm, your president is there, in good health, he is working,” Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said.

There has been speculation that President Magufuli is suffering from Covid-19 and receiving hospital treatment in Kenya.

“He [President Magufuli] has loads of files. Now when he stays there [in his office] going through documents,” Mr Kajaliwa said, “You say: ‘He is ill, let him appear.’ Following your own schedule or according to his work plan?”

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“The president has his own work schedule and can’t appear under your directions.”

The government has been accused of downplaying the impact of coronavirus in the East African nation.

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