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The day jealous ministers poisoned Magufuli after ex-president Mkapa's praise

President John Magufuli.

A while back, Tanzania President John Magufuli opened up on a brush with death he had after being poisoned during his tenure as a minister under former President Benjamin Mkapa. Speaking during the launch of Mkapa's memoir 'My Life, My Purpose- A Tanzanian President Remembers’ in Dar es Salaam, Magufuli revealed that the poisoning incident was a well-guarded secret.

“I remember working with president Mkapa, he once termed me as his first aide due to the good work I was doing in the Ministry of Infrastructure Development.

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