Vyombo vya habari vya kimataifa navyo havijawa nyuma katika kuelezea yanayotokea Loliondo .

Vyombo vya habari vya kimataifa navyo havijawa nyuma katika kuelezea yanayotokea Loliondo kwa Mchungaji mstaafu wa Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania, KKKT, Ambilikile Masapila na tiba yake.

Hapa ni vyombo viwili maarufu kwa habari za kimataifa, BBC na The New York Times na machapisho yao.

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The New York Times wanaandika hivi:

He’s a sensation in two countries. He’s snarled traffic for miles. He’s so popular that people have literally died waiting in line to see him. Ambilikile Mwasapile, a 76-year-old retired pastor in rural Tanzania, has been offering a herbal concoction that he bills as a miracle potion that can cure just about any illness. In the past few weeks, tens of thousands of sick people have scrambled for a sip of his homebrewed drink. Some, apparently, have even flown in by helicopter.

On Monday, Tanzanian officials said that several dozen elderly and sick people had recently paid the price for joining the throngs.

“They died from the long queues,” said Isidore Shirima, a local official in Arusha, a town popular with tourists about six hours’ drive from the pastor’s village. “We’re not going to stop this, but we want to organize it better.”

Mr. Maasapile, a former Lutheran preacher, lives in Samunge, a village in the middle of the savannah near the Kenya-Tanzania border. He began administering his miracle potion several months ago, and charges about 30 cents a cup. He says it can cure AIDS, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure — you name it.

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BBC wanaandika hivi:

A Tanzanian pastor has asked people to stop going to his remote home for a "miracle cure" after thousands flocked there, causing chaos in the surrounding area. Rev. Ambilikile "Babu" Mwasapile, 76, says he does not want any new arrivals until after Friday 1 April, to let the crowds die down.

Local media report that about 52 people have died while waiting to see him. A BBC reporter says the queues to see him stretch for 26km (16 miles).

The concoction is made from herbs and water, which he sells for 500 Tanzanian shillings (30 cents; 20p).
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