Tanzania’s Suluhu Picks Dr Mpango in ‘Coughing’ Fit as Vice President

Tanzania’s Finance Minister, Philip Mpango has been proposed by President Suluhu Samia as the next Vice President of the country. Parliament has vetted and ratified the proposal.

A video of Mpango, who was maskless and in a coughing fit, while he addressed the press went viral late February. The video drew wide condemnation as Mpango who was not wearing a mask, was flanked by a doctor and a hospital director – both also maskless. He had called the presser to announce he was being discharged from hospital after 14 days being treated for a respiratory problem.

Suluhu nominated Dr Philip Isdor Mpango at an executive meeting of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).