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Magufuli said in a January 2021 speech: "Vaccinations are dangerous. If white people were able to come up with vaccinations, a vaccination for AIDS would have been found." [8] Instead, Magufuli urged steam inhalation and herbal medicine, neither of which is approved by the WHO for the treatment of COVID-19. [9]
John Pombe Joseph Magufuli [2] (29 October 1959 – 17 March 2021) [3] was the fifth president of Tanzania, serving from 2015 until his death in 2021. He served as Minister of Works, Transport and Communications from 2000 to 2005 and 2010 to 2015 and was chairman of the Southern African Development Community from 2019 to 2020.
After assuming office Magufuli asserted a strong stance against public spending, and discouraged foreign travel by senior government officials. [1] He made his first foreign visit to Rwanda in April 2016, five months after assuming office. [2] The following is a list of presidential trips made by John Magufuli while in office.
John Magufuli The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) presidential primaries, 2015 took place in July 2015 to determine CCM 's nominee for the Presidency of Tanzania for the 2015 election . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Chama Cha Mapinduzi ( Party of the Revolution ) is the country's dominant ruling party , [ 4 ] and the longest reigning ruling party in Africa .
27 January – President John Magufuli expresses doubts about the COVID-19 vaccines on January 27 during a speech in Chato, Geita Region. [5] 23 February – Maskless Finance Minister Philip Mpango coughs his way through a press conference to announce he is not dead a few days after President Magufuli acknowledged COVID-19 in real. [6]
Samia Suluhu Hassan became President of Tanzania on 19 March 2021 following the sudden death of John Magufuli. [1] She travelled extensively to various multi-lateral meetings on behalf of Magufuli when she was Vice-President. The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Samia Suluhu since assuming office.
Details Uhuru Kenyatta help draft a lasting solution for the Somalia conflict at the conference and then held bilateral talks with Prime Minister David Cameron. [2] This was presidents Uhuru's first trip to a western country after his inauguration and his visit was slightly controversial in the UK as Kenyatta was under trial at the ICC after the Post election violence.
All of Magufuli's speech are on Youtube, so this is another case of "Not understanding Tanzania". May be Youtube is for cat videos and bedroom broadcasters in The West, but in Tanzania there's a lot of serious journalism on Youtube.