Poisoning Allegations! Will Magufuli’s Death Be Fully Investigated? Tanzania’s Quest for Justice
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania: Nearly five years a er former President John Magufuli’s death, Tanzania faces renewed scruny over the circumstances surrounding his passing. Officially a ributed to heart complicaons in March 2021, Magufuli’s death is now at the centre of serious allega ons, following a revealing interview with Hon. Ambassador Humphrey Herson Polepole, a former high-ranking diplomat and CCM official.
“The Tanzanian people deserve the truth. Silence from those in power is no longer acceptable.” Ambassador Humphrey Herson Polepole
A Former Insider Breaks Silence
Ambassador Polepole, who served as Tanzania’s High Commissioner to Malawi (2022–2023) and Ambassador to Cuba (2023–2025), resigned from his post in July 2025, cing the government’s “disregard of the rule of law and the cons tu on.”
In the interview, Polepole alleged that former President John Magufuli was deliberately poisoned. He named businessman Rostam Aziz as the purported orchestrator of the act and described what he claimed was a covert opera on carried out during a poli cal event in southern Tanzania. According to Polepole, the opera on was allegedly facilitated by senior government figures, including former President Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and his associates, whom he referred to as “Kundi la Wanamtandao”.
Polepole’s tes mony contradicts the official narra ve and raises troubling ques ons about the current administra on’s role or lack of ac on.
