Tanzania`s Minister Of Information Warns Media Against Rumours Based On Magufuli`s Whereabouts
Tanzania’s minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Innocent Bashungwa, has warned the media and members of the public against falling for what he termed as rumors as pressure mounts on authorities to come clean on President John Pombe Magufuli’s whereabouts.
Gathua Josephat 
The Tanzanian government is yet to issue any official statement on Magufuli’s health status and whereabouts even as the opposition in the country claim that the President is receiving Covid-19 treatment at the Nairobi Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
Sources in the know revealed to several news outlets in Kenya recently that Magufuli, who is on record denying the existence of Coronavirus in Tanzania, was flown to the Capital Nairobi on Monday after his condition deteriorated following a positive Covid-19 diagnosis.
Reacting after the reports went viral on social media, Bashungwa, urged media houses in Tanzania to only publish verified information from the right channels in the country and not accept any information that is not officially verified.
During his last public appearance, the President visited the commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, where he inspected projects and addressed public gatherings.
He was scheduled to attend a virtual head of state summit for the East African Community regional bloc on February 27 but was represented by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
