#Tanzania total lockdown drivers

The lives of our people cannot be repaired but the economy can! Lockdown or get locked out!” the chairman of the opposition party Chadema, Freeman Mbowe, posted on Twitter on Saturday. “No lockdown because he (Magufuli) wants to save the economy and his flagship infrastructure projects.

Miriam John, who sells shoes, said some of her customers did not want to wash their hands but she has “no option because I need their money.”īut opposition leaders say the country needs to take more action to avoid potential disaster. Life has to go on and God will protect us,” said Anna John, a food vendor in the city. “I don’t pray for lockdown in Tanzania because we may escape coronavirus and die from hunger at home. Like many poor people across the continent - even in countries which are trying to impose lockdowns - staying at home would be a grim option for many Tanzanians. The government has banned buses from taking more passengers than the number of seats they contain, but this has only created bigger crowds during rush hour. My family needs something to eat and this is where I earn my daily bread,” said Masoud. “I really fear coronavirus disease and it is risky here but there is no way I can avoid coming.

#Tanzania total lockdown drivers

He and other so-called “boda-boda” drivers park their bikes in a crowded area thronged by petty traders and pedestrians.

The challenge is that I have only one helmet for passengers, who share it,” said Hemedi Masoud, a motorcycle taxi operator. “What I normally do is to ensure my passenger washes their hands before getting on the motorcycle. On the streets of the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, citizens say they fear the virus and are doing what they can to avoid it while continuing to make ends meet. Tourism is the country’s top foreign-exchange earner. The country’s economy has already been hard hit as tourists who flock to see its wildlife and beaches, have stopped coming. “Coronavirus should not be a reason to destroy our economy at all.” Farmers should utilise the ongoing rains effectively, industrial owners should continue producing and I don’t expect any development project to stop,” he said. Coronavirus is not and should not be a reason for us not working. “Let us continue working hard to build our nation. However, Magufuli has encouraged Tanzanians to continue working as usual, while encouraging them to avoid “unnecessary gatherings”. He said that he was happy that SADC is setting up a fact-finding mission on Eswatini and on its decision to send a panel of elders “to go and find effective ways to deal with the situation”.Kabwe has proposed a partial lockdown of Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza and the capital Dodoma, and also a total lockdown of the tourist hotspot and semi-autonomous island, Zanzibar. The President is also pleased with SADC’s recorded progress on issues in the Kingdom of Eswatini and on challenges in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. “We will be able to bring around the various assistance measures when there are either situations where our armed forces needs to intervene, so there should be a good logistics depot or where there are other forms of emergency,” President Ramaphosa said regarding the logistics centre. He said he was also pleased with progress made in the already operational anti-terrorism centre that is situated in the Republic of Tanzania. President Ramaphosa said he was also pleased with progress brought about by SADC in the setting up of its Logistics Centre in the Republic of Botswana which will assist the countries in the region to deal with emergency situations. “The pleasing thing was that the people who had fled the various areas in Cabo Delgado are now returning to their homes, with increased confidence that SADC has been helping them to bring about peace.” In a statement, the President said that SADC was also pleased with progress made in pushing back the insurgents in the Cabo Delgado area of the Republic of Mozambique and that SADC reaffirmed its “total commitment to supporting the people of Mozambique”. SADC and South Africa played an important role in bringing about peace and normalcy in the Kingdom of Lesotho. On the reform process in the Kingdom of Lesotho, President Ramaphosa said he was pleased with the positive report tabled by Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro that serves as a real milestone in the lives of the Basotho. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, and Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Thabang Makwetla, accompanied the President on the visit.