{"id":5274,"date":"2021-03-17T21:50:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T21:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsly.co.ke\/?p=5274"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T12:56:05","slug":"why-john-pombe-magufuli-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsly.co.ke\/why-john-pombe-magufuli-died\/","title":{"rendered":"What caused John Pombe Magufuli death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<p>President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania has died aged 61.The country\u2019s vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/live.worldbank.org\/experts\/samia-suluhu-hassan\">Samia Sulubu<\/a> broke the bad news in a televised address late Wednesday. So What caused John Pombe Magufuli death?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He died out of a heart condition which has afflicted him for over ten years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 6<sup>th<\/sup>, he was admitted at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac institute briefly before being discharged. He fell ill again on March 14th and went back to hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tanzanian leader was seen last on February 27in a public function. Since then there has been lots of speculation regarding his health and whereabouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been in office since 2015 and till his death, he was serving through his second term<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Newsly digital<\/em> joins the Tanzanian people in mourning their departed leader<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsly.co.ke\/former-tanzanian-president-benjamin-mkapa-dies-aged-81\/\">Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa dies aged 81<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tanzania&#039;s president Magufuli confirmed dead | DW News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6k8yKmAq5Uw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania has died aged 61.The country\u2019s vice president Samia Sulubu broke the bad news in a televised address late Wednesday. So What caused John Pombe Magufuli death? He died out of a heart condition which has afflicted him for over ten years On March 6th, he was admitted at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,60],"tags":[726,728,729,725,727],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What caused John Pombe Magufuli death | Newsly KE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania has died aged 61.The country\u2019s vice president Samia Sulubu broke the bad news in a televised address late Wednesday. 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