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Tanzania opposition MPs to 'isolate' after string of deaths
AFP | about 7 hours ago
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Tanzania's main opposition party on Friday asked its lawmakers to stop attending parliament sessions and isolate themselves after three MPs died of unknown causes in the past 11 days.
Freeman Mbowe, the chairman of the opposition Chadema party, has repeatedly accused the government of covering up the true extent of the coronavirus and implied the MPs had died from the disease.
Tanzania's Minister for Constitution and Legal Affairs Augustine Mahiga, also an MP, was the latest to die, passing away on Friday aged 74, with no official explanation for his death.
Last month, the parliament announced that one MP had tested positive for the virus...
Tanzania opposition MPs to 'isolate' after string of deaths
AFP | about 7 hours ago
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Tanzania's main opposition party on Friday asked its lawmakers to stop attending parliament sessions and isolate themselves after three MPs died of unknown causes in the past 11 days.
Freeman Mbowe, the chairman of the opposition Chadema party, has repeatedly accused the government of covering up the true extent of the coronavirus and implied the MPs had died from the disease.
Tanzania's Minister for Constitution and Legal Affairs Augustine Mahiga, also an MP, was the latest to die, passing away on Friday aged 74, with no official explanation for his death.
Last month, the parliament announced that one MP had tested positive for the virus...