Tanzania woke up to the sad news of the demise of the head of Geita district Mr. Hamim Buzohera Gwimaya. Hamim Buzohera passed away on Friday May 8th as 5am. It is alleged that he had contracted the corona virus disease and likely to have succumbed to it.
This comes at a time when there is public outcry over the manner in which president John Pombe Magufuli is handling the coronavirus pandemic in Tanzania. Opposition party leader Freeman Mbowe has accused the government of hiding the true nature of the coronavirus pandemic. This was after 3 members of parliament died in a span of 11 days in what was seen to be as a result of covid-19 disease.
Hamim Buzohera becomes the fourth leader in Tanzania to die in a span of 18 days and opposition leaders are calling upon the government to be transparent on corona virus deaths. The process of testing coronavirus disease in Tanzania was halted after president John Magufuli suspended the head of national laboratory and ordered an investigation into it.
Even since April 29th, Tanzania has not announced any further results of coronavirus disease defying the international guidelines of daily reporting of coronavirus cases. During the last announcement, the number of confirmed cases rose to 480 while deaths rose to 16.
Opposition leader Freeman Mbowe had called upon all opposition leaders to boycott parliament sittings, self-quarantine for 14 days then get tested. Mbowe was troubled over the rising cases of deaths of members of parliament noting coronavirus disease had made its way into the parliament. President John Magufuli has since endorsed the covid organic tea from Madagascar and ordered for its importation to help treat covid-19 patients in Tanzania.