Raila takes on Magufuli over his Covid-19 policies

Opposition leader Raila Odinga with Tanzania President John P. Magufuli at a past meeting. [File, Standard]

Opposition leader Raila Odinga yesterday denounced Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli for his Covid-19 policies that have raised fears of runaway coronavirus crisis in the region.

Raila, a close friend of Magufuli, also revealed that the Tanzanian president had refused to heed advice from other regional leaders, including President Uhuru Kenyatta, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame to abandon his unconventional policies on the disease.