4 People Arrested For Eating Goat Soup While Country Mourns Magufuli

4 people were arrested on the streets of Mwanjelwa over the weekend as they were making merry over some goat soup and traditional beer.

The Police in Tanzania are having 4 people in custody for allegedly mocking the death of the country’s President, John Pombe Joseph Magufuli.

The 4 people were arrested on the streets of Mwanjelwa over the weekend while they were making merry over some goat soup and traditional beer.

Expressing shock over the behaviour of the four (4) persons the Regional Police Head in the southwest region of Mbeya told reporters that ‘it was shocking to find some people act in this way when the whole country was mourning’.

“The whole country is in mourning for our beloved president John Magufuli…but during this period we received a report that there were four people who were mocking this tragedy, what they have done is an indication that they want to cause chaos and breach of peace in that region. We have arrested them and we are carrying on investigations, when we have all the evidence we’ll take them to court,”

The late President died on March 17, 2021 after succumbing to a short illness. State authorities announced that he died as a result of heart disease complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. However, conspiracy theorists believed he must have died after contracting the deadly Coronavirus disease and suffered from severe complications. Mr. Magufuli was one of Africa’s most prominent coronavirus skeptics and called for prayers and herbal-infused steam therapy to counter the virus.

The country has since declared 21 days for mourning, within this period all public activities will be suspended while the country focuses on mourning and burial of their late President. The mortal remains of the late John Pombe Magufuli has since been taken to Geita for the rest of the country to pay their final respect to the dead in line with their traditions.