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    I weep for Muammar Gaddafi
    WHEN I heard that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been killed by anti-government forces that had waged a war to topple him after several months of hiding, I felt really sad. Not that I really liked him very much but felt for him as a fellow human being and a head of state of his
    Author: By GABBY MGAYA, Uploaded on: 21st November 2011 @ 01:48, Total Comments: 1, Total people who read this story: 1493
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    Of gays, aid and Cameron
    MOSTcountries, Tanzania being no exception, have recently condemned in no uncertain terms some of the statements made by British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Australia, especially his threat to withdraw United Kingdom’s aid
    Author: By Gabby Mgaya, Uploaded on: 13th November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 1161
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    Unity has proved good for Zanzibar
    MORE than a decade ago, a political cloud hung over Zanzibar as two major political parties, CCM and CUF, were deeply mired in political animosity that threatened to eat into the very fabric of national unity. The deep mistrust among leaders and followers of the wo parties was clear for
    Author: By GABBY MGAYA, Uploaded on: 29th May 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 3753
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    It’s now for the big postmortem at the newsrooms
    THE 2010 general elections are over. The media did its job (never mind the criticism on how each covered them here and there). After all cannot escape them to be the same, not forgetting such things as ownership, each with its own diverse and specific interests. Yet all the media houses cannot
    Author: By GABBY MGAYA, Uploaded on: 31st October 2010 @ 23:37, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 4654
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    Six ‘fair poll coverage’ days to go
    THE countdown to the fourth multi-party general elections in Tanzania is fast approaching its end. By the time the next edition of POLITIKA is produced next Monday, it would be all over. It is indeed an exciting time. All parties and candidates in it – that is all contestants for the various
    Author: By GABBY MGAYA, Uploaded on: 25th October 2010 @ 12:03, Total Comments: 1, Total people who read this story: 5031
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    Is there such a thing as ‘Politics of the Pocket’?
    I learnt an interesting term last week from a colleague who writes for Gender Links, Arthur Okwemba. The term is ‘Politics of the pocket’. The crust of the matter in Okwemba’s article is the alleged media’s denial of access to women candidates in favour of male contestants ‘’who offer handsome
    Author: By GABBY MGAYA, Uploaded on: 18th October 2010 @ 05:31, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 4404
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    Is journalism still a dangerous profession?
    I attended the annual International Press institute (IPI) World Congress and 59th General Assembly held recently both in Vienna, Austria, and Bratislava in Slovakia. It was an interesting, lively and enlightening session in which high-ranking publishers, media owners, editors and high-ranking
    Author: By GABBY MGAYA, Uploaded on: 6th October 2010 @ 05:52, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 4277
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    Is journalism still a dangerous profession?
    Iattended the annual International Press institute (IPI) World Congress and 59th General Assembly held recently both in Vienna, Austria, and Bratislava in Slovakia. It was an interesting, lively and enlightening session in which high-ranking publishers, media owners, editors and high-ranking
    Author: By Gabby Mgaya, Uploaded on: 5th October 2010 @ 06:13, Total Comments: 1, Total people who read this story: 4866
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    Opinion polls and the real vote
    OPINION polls are simply that, opinion polls; they are entitled to their opinion, the favoured modus operandi being political calculation of a number of samplings. They may be right and they may be wrong. That is why most respectable opinion polls come with the ‘margin of error’ tag. I was
    Author: Gabby Mgaya, Uploaded on: 26th September 2010 @ 13:40, Total Comments: 1, Total people who read this story: 4303
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    The media and election reporting ‘biases’
    THERE is no way the media, both print and electronic,can escape election reporting or coverage. It is the moment’s big issue, isn’t it? It is like not reporting a football match; in fact all matches or any other related issue at the World Cup! Media coverage of all the big events related to the
    Author: Gabby Mgaya, Uploaded on: 19th September 2010 @ 13:10, Total Comments: 1, Total people who read this story: 4528
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    After 1995, 2000 and 2005, now Zanzibar in 2010
    IAM excited at the prospect of skirmish-free and peaceful general elections in Zanzibar this time around. It all augurs well for democratic governance in the fabled Spice Islands. The previous three general elections in the Isles – from 1995 to 2005 – have not been a bed of roses. Those have
    Author: By Gabby Mgaya, Uploaded on: 6th September 2010 @ 00:03, Total Comments: 1, Total people who read this story: 5171
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    We are not beggars;let us have that money please
    GENERAL elections or any elections for that matter are about the enhancement of democracy. This is how it should be as all political parties; all aspirants for the various political offices at stake, all registered voters and all the people are entitled to an equitable, comprehensive and wider
    Author: By Gabby Mgaya, Uploaded on: 16th August 2010 @ 00:51, Total Comments: 2, Total people who read this story: 3708
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    Presidential aspirants deserve all respect
    FREE and fair democratic elections are also about free and fair media coverage. The media is expected to exercise the profession of the Fourth Estate’s cardinal rule of objectivity during election time. It is potentially dangerous for a section of the media to start taking sides – openly that is –
    Author: By Gabby Mgaya, Uploaded on: 8th August 2010 @ 12:11, Total Comments: 1, Total people who read this story: 3974
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    Good job by the media, so far
    THE media in Tanzania has in recent weeks been very busy as the countdown to the general elections begun in earnest with all political parties making initial preparations for the grand occasion. There has been no shortage of election-related news as the ruling CCM and other parties kicked off
    Author: By GABBY MGAYA, Uploaded on: 1st August 2010 @ 12:00, Total Comments: 1, Total people who read this story: 3703
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    The Big Election Reporter Dilemma
    The on and off election fever is now on again, in fact very much on. It is time when all newsrooms are at their busiest, all of them keen at giving their readers, listeners and viewers the best election coverage ever –and capitalize on sales. Campaign teams at the headquarters of all political
    Author: By Gabby Mgaya, Uploaded on: 25th July 2010 @ 12:38, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 4758
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    How safe are journalists?
    JOURNALISTS, mostly from those countries known for their repressive tendencies, have often found themselves in very difficult situations, suffering untold harassment and intimidation – and even extermination – for telling the truth and exposing high profile crime, including grand corruption.
    Author: Gabby Mgaya, Uploaded on: 18th July 2010 @ 13:00, Total Comments: 2, Total people who read this story: 4253
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    The fun is here;media should make full use of
    ELECTION years are harvest years for the media,news wise that is, as there is no shortage of events to cover. Tanzanians will go to the polls in October to election the Union and Zanzibar presidents, MPs, Members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives and councilors. The fun has already
    Author: By Gabby Mgaya, Uploaded on: 11th July 2010 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 4152
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    Media has a vital role to play in 2010 elections
    TANZANIANS will later this year go to the polls to elect the Union and Zanzibar presidents, MPs, Members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives and, on the Mainland, councilors. The general elections, coming after every five years, will be held in October. The excitement is already on. It is
    Author: GABBY MGAYA, Uploaded on: 4th July 2010 @ 12:01, Total Comments: 2, Total people who read this story: 4977
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