JOURNALISTIC RESEARCH VIA INTERNET

What we did in day 2 Journalistic research via internet In the second day we have learn more about investigative journalism via internet. In a summary I have learned; • How to Structure story in mind on the paper • To decide what is related to a story • To simplify with some words • Use some quotations when necessary • To understand what I write because I am ther one to make people aware of it • Human interest, provide concrete examples • To provide links to original sources • Think about headlines, visual outlooks, quotes, images, graphics, etc. • Spend much more time on finding • Plan my story into narrative manner • Plan how to use yor time, research writing, editing, checking facts and delivering the story. I like the way the facilitator teach us I didn't attain the research assignment, because I went to an office for an emergence.

Tanzania journalists investigating online

At the day 1 we started our training at 10 by introducing our self and our facilitator. after the introduction we took some tea and sessions begun. I liked the way our facilitator teach us, discussions and we are learning by doing. I dislike the way we prolonging matters versus time. I have learned about the online investigative journalism. in fact it is not far from physical investigative journalism, but it is just based on internet materials. We have learned how to create our own weblogs and to feed some materials we find from other sources. We also learned how to search materials through Google. Not only that but also to use Google maps to search places and people. It is a technique of increasing knowledge on what you want to investigate. Examples is the searching of tips like the recent President Jakaya Kikwete's speech at Kisarawe district on land issues and we also discussed about the ban of newspapers in Tanzania.

INTERNET INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

I am Elias Msuya, working for Mwananchi Communications Ltd in Dar. It is a pleasure to attend a three days training on internet investigative journalism in Dar es Salaam. Nice to meet my colleagues and mentors here. I expect to improve my knowledge and for the sake of our national journalism.

SERIKALI YAFUNGIA MWANANCHI & MTANZANIA

Dar es Salaam. Serikali jana ilitangaza kuyafungia magazeti ya Mwananchi na Mtanzania kuanzia Septemba 27, 2013 kwa kile ilichoeleza kuwa ni mwenendo wa magazeti hayo kuandika habari za uchochezi na uhasama. Taarifa iliyotolewa jana na Mkurugenzi wa Habari (MAELEZO), Assah Mwambene ilisema gazeti la Mwananchi limefungiwa kwa siku 14 na gazeti la Mtanzania limefungiwa kwa siku 90. Magazeti hayo yamefungiwa kutokana na kuandika habari na makala zilizoelezwa zina nia ya kusababisha wananchi wakose imani kwa vyombo vya dola na kuhatarisha amani. “Gazeti la MWANANCHI limefungiwa kutochapishwa kwa siku kumi na nne(14) kuanzia 27 Septemba, 2013. Adhabu hii imetangazwa kwa Tangazo la Serikali(Government Notice )Namba 333 la tarehe 27 septemba,2013,” yasema taarifa hiyo. Kwa taarifa zaidi, tazama nakala ya tamko kamili la serikali juu ya kufungiwa kwa magazeti ya Mwananchi na Mtanzania hapo chini. TAMKO KAMILI LA SERIKALI Serikali imeyafungia kutochapishwa Magazeti ya MWANANCHI na MTANZANIA kuanzia 27 Septemba, 2013 kutokana na mwenendo wa magazeti hayo kuandika habari na makala za uchochezi na uhasama kwa nia ya kusababisha wananchi wakose imani kwa vyombo vya dola hivyo kuhatarisha amani na mshikamano ulipo nchini. Gazeti la MWANANCHI limefungiwa kutochapishwa kwa siku kumi na nne(14) kuanzia 27 Septemba, 2013.Adhabu hii imetangazwa kwa Tangazo la Serikali(Government Notice )Namba 333 la tarehe 27 Septemba, 2013. Gazeti la MWANANCHI limepewa adhabu hiyo kutokana na hivi karibuni kuchapisha habari zenye mwelekeo wa uchochezi na uvunjifu wa amani,mfano tarehe 17 Julai, 2013 katika toleo Namba 4774 ilichapisha habari isemayo “MISHAHARA MIPYA SERIKALINI 2013” kwa kuchapisha waraka uliozuiliwa kwa matumizi ya vyombo vya habari waraka huo ulikuwa wa Siri haukupaswa kuchapishwa Magazetini. Aidha, katika toleo la Jumamosi, tarehe 17 Agosti, 2013 lilichapisha habari yenye kichwa kisemacho “WAISLAM WASALI CHINI YA ULINZI MKALI” habari hiyo ilikolezwa na picha ya mbwa mkali mwenye hasira.Habari na picha hiyo ilitoa tafsiri ya kuwa Jeshi la Polisi lilipeleka Mbwa katika maeneo ya ibada ya waumini wa dini ya kiislam.Jambo ambalo halikuwa la ukweli. Jeshi la Polisi katika doria siku hiyo halikupeleka mbwa katika maeneo ya Misikiti.Serikali na jeshi la Polisi linaheshimu na kuzingatia maadili ya dini ya Kiislamu na kwa hiyo Jeshi lake haliwezi kupitisha au kuingiza mbwa katika maeneo ya ibada. Hivyo basi,kwa gazeti hili kuchapisha habari iliyokolezwa na picha ya mbwa ni uchochezi wa kulichonganisha Jeshi la Polisi na waumini wa dini ya kiislam mbwa ni najisi hapaswi kuingia katika maeneo ya ibada.

Hearts broken as immigrants leave By Elias Msuya, The Citizen Correspondent With a major swoop by authorities planned any time following expiry of a presidential deadline for illegal immigrants to vacate, a number of them are living behind broken hearts and dwindling business fortunes among the locals. Ngara. Hundreds of families in Tanzania are pondering a bleak future owing to a big void created by the vacating masses of immigrants whose continued stay the government has described as untenable. With a major swoop by authorities planned any time following expiry of a presidential deadline for illegal immigrants to vacate, a number of them are living behind broken hearts and dwindling business fortunes among the locals. A week-long survey in the worst affected Kagera Region, reveals that the staggering movement of the illegal immigrants to mostly Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda is not without a share of whining from Tanzanians with intertwined family roots or deep business ties. Those who could not survive the purge are adeptly looking for means to beat the trap to continue with their lives even as local authorities give assurance of a more diplomatic recourse for genuinely separated families or investors. In many Ngara District villages, it is a story of mixed fortunes as the immigrants leave while locals are now forced to take measures to fill the socio-economic void. At the Rusumo border, village chairman Dauson Mhuru alias Kadende, is an unhappy man. Aged, 52, he is married to a Rwandese woman, Eluminata. Together, they have six children and raising another nine from the man’s earlier marriage which broke up. “I took this woman in the early 1990s and since then she has used a permit given by the Immigration offices. But now the government says she must leave the country, so how do I take care of my big family without her?” he asks. “I have gone to the Immigration offices and they have told me that her permit has expired and they have stopped issuing new ones. So now my wife must go to Rwanda and find a passport and seek Tanzanian citizenship, which will take a long time and will affect my family,” he added. Mhuru also added that he can’t go back to his first wife because they still have a matrimonial conflict. He said the family depended on income from a public toilet the wife was running at the border. “Despite my being the village chairman, I earn nothing because we don’t have a salary. I am just volunteering. I am engaged in petty trade and my wife supervises our public toilet project that brings in money to feed and educate our children, some of whom are in secondary school.” “They all need our material and moral support as their parents. The government should re think about its decision and spare families such misery, because this matter is affecting many families,” he adds. Mhuru said he was saddened by claims that as village leaders, they had been accepting bribes to allow in illegal immigrants. “I don’t speak for others but in my village, immigrants are those who came in the 70s most of whom are women,” he explained. The same predicament faces Sadiki Elias of Ruboma Village. He has a Burundian wife known as Elizabeth and a child. After President Kikwete issued the notice, his wife went to Burundi but came back after only a week, saying she needed medical care which was not available in Burundi. “I have lived with my wife for 10 years without a child but we got one last year. I have heard that people like her must leave the country but I need to take care of her and the child,” he said. Elias knows nothing about the dependent permit as they have lived without it all this long. “I will go for it anytime but we have been told nothing so far.” Another villager, Marko Lameck, also has a Burundian wife and seems ignorant of the paper work. “It’s true that my wife is Burundian and she left home after the government notice. But she is now back and she is at the farm,” he says urging the authorities to issue them with the said permits. Samuel Nkware, a Ngara resident says their local economy is likely to decline. “You know Burundians are muscular and work long hours as opposed to our own people. Many of us used them as labourers and for brick making. Most of the houses you see here were constructed by them.” Ms Jadida Mohamed, a garment dealer at Benaco suburb in Kasulo Ward, is also unhappy that most of her customers are leaving. “The immigrants, especially Rwandans who are pastoralists, are very rich and made our businesses thrive. I fear their departure means our businesses will dwindle,” she said. In Ngara town, Ms Maria Mugisha blames Tanzanian landlords and tycoons of bringing in the illegal immigrants to work in their farms and other businesses. Peter Nyabebda, who resides at Kumnazi Village near the closed refugee camps, says those who were repatriated during the closing of the camps are now loitering in the streets working as cheap labourers. “You know their countries are poor, they don’t have enough land and have no jobs, while while there’s enough land in our country; which is why they come here,” he said. However, the situation is different in Karagwe District. Aristides Muliro, who is a Bugene councillor, says illegal immigrants are problematic. He named one Njali Ndikukiko whose citizenship he claims is controversial but owns land at Nyakasimbe Ward. “They are problematic and because they are rich they are boastful and arrogant even when we tend to react to a problem involving them. He explained that Ndikukiko was rejected by villagers and later an official investigation found his residency wanting. “But the man is still around!” he exclaimed. Government response A senior Immigration officer at the Tanzania-Rwanda border at Rusumo, Mr Mahirande Samuel, says the law is clear on immigrations rules. “The law is clear and must be observed. Those married should have a dependent permit and renew them often. Those complaining do not observe these laws,” he says. He said their recent operation in Ngara township alone netted 268 Burundians, 52 Rwandans and two Ugandans. Ngara District commissioner Constantine Kanyasu says his district has more than 50,000 illegal immigrants. Some 10,000 have voluntarily gone back. “We have been educating our citizens on welcoming illegal immigrants as they take their budget share of social services such as education, health, water and economy,” he told The Citizen on Saturday. He said after an operation to mop those still holed up in Tanzania for a tune of Sh150 million, they will start a diplomatic move with the neighbouring countries to settle some marital and economic disputes.” Kagera regional commissioner Fabian Massawe says things will not be business as usual

OBAMA TANZANIA

Ziara ya Obama Ni ujio wa neema au mashindano ya rasilimali? Elias Msuya Wakati Rais wa Marekani, Barrack Obama akizuru nchini, kumekuwa na hisia tofauti miongoni mwa wachambuzi wa masuala ya maendeleo ya jamii na uchumi. Akizungumza baada ya kuwasili nchini, Rais Obama anasema kuwa ziara yake imelenga kuimarisha ushirikiano wa kiuchumi kwa maslahi ya Marekani na Afrika. “Tunachofanya ni kuongeza bidhaa tutakazozalisha na kuangalia vyanzo vya asili na vya kawaida. Ninachotaka kusema na nimekuwa nikisema katika ziara yangu Afrika, sasa tunaangalia si tu kutoa misaada bali kufanya ushirikiano wa kibiashara. Kila tunapotoa fedha au dawa ni muhimu tujenge miundombinu ya afya itakayosaidia Tanzania,” anasema Obama. Naye mwenyeji wake Rais Jakaya Kikwete akizungumza katika mahojiano maalum na Shirika la Utangazaji la Uingereza (BBC) ametetea ushirikiano kati ya Tanzania na Marekani akisema kuwa umesaidia kukuza uchumi wake na Afrika kwa ujumla. “Tunashirikiana na Marekani katika miradi mbalimbali na moja ya miradi mikubwa inagharimu kiasi cha dola 700 milioni. Kuna miradi mikubwa kama vile Pepfa inayogharimia mapambano ya malaria.” Akizungumzia ushindani kati ya mataifa ya Marekani na China katika miradi ya maendeleo nchini, Rais Kikwete anasema kuwa misaada ya Marekani imekuwepo hata kabla ya Rais wa China, Xi Jinping kuja Tanzania. “Kwa nini tuone kero kwa Waamerika au kwa nini Wachina wachukiwe kwa ushirikiano wao? Tunashirikiana nao katika nyanja tofauti. Tunafaidika kwa mambo mengi, kwanza tunaangalia misaada ya maendeleo kutoka Marekani, Japan, China, France, Ujerumani na popote pale. Vilevile tunaangalia uwekezaji na masoko ya bidhaa zetu,” anasema. Anaendelea kusisitiza ushirikiano na mataifa ya Asia, Ulaya na Marekani kwa lengo la kukuza uchumi. “Iwe Marekani kaskazini, kusini, Asia na kwingineko, ni ushirikiano tu. Ndiyo maana ukuaji wa uchumi wa Afrika unakua kwa kasi ya asilimia 6.6. ni uchumi unaokuwa kwa kasi ukifuatia bara la Asia.” Ushindani wa Marekani na China Ziara ya Obama imekuja ikiwa ni miezi michache tangu alipokuja Rais wa China, Xi Jingping ambaye naye alisaini mikataba 17 ya miradi ya maendeleo. Marekani yenyewe imewekeza katika miradi ya umeme ambapo kampuni ya Simbion inazalisha megawati 400 mkoani Mtwara na megawatt 100 Ubungo Dar es Salaam, huku kampuni ya Jacobson inazalisha megawati 200 Ubungo. Uwekezaji huo utasaidia kuongeza kiwango cha umeme kwani hadi sasa mahitaji ya umeme ni megawati 1100 na unaozalishwa ni megawati 675 tu, hivyo kupunguza tatizo la umeme linaloikabili asilimia 80 ya Watanzania. Kupitia mradi wa Millennia Challenge Corporation, Marekani imesaidia kutokomeza ugonjwa wa malaria visiwani Zanzibar katika mradi wake uliogharimu dola 698. Vilevile kuna miradi ya ujenzi wa barabara na chuo cha umeme kilichopo mkoani Morogoro. Lakini kila wanachofanya Marekani, China wanafanya kwa nguvu zaidi. China inajenga mradi wa bomba la gesi kutoka Mtwara kuja Dar es Salaam utakaogharimu zaidi ya dola 1 bilioni. Mbali na miradi mingi ya ujenzi nchini, China pia wanajenga daraja la Kigamboni linalogharamiwa na Mfuko wa hifadhi ya jamii (NSSF). Kuna faida au hasara? Wakati mataifa ya Marekani na China yakishindana kuwekeza miradi ya maendeleo nchini, kumekuwa na mtazamo hasi na miradi hiyo huku wengine wakiona kuwa ni mbinu mpya ya mataifa hayo kupora rasilimali. Mhadhiri msaidizi wa Sayansi ya Siasa na utawala wa Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, Bashiru Ally anaona ushiriniano wa kasi na mataifa hayo ni kukua kwa itikadi kali ya soko huria duniani. “Zama za Dar es Salaam kuwa kitovu cha mapambano ya ukombozi Afrika zimekwisha eti kwa sababu nchi zote za Afrika ni huru. Wakubwa wa dunia (Marekani, nchi za BRICS na nchi za Umoja wa Ulaya) wanapishana kwenye viwanja vya ndege vya miji mikuu ya nchi za Afrika hasa zile zenye utajiri mkubwa wa raslimali,” anasema Bashiru na kuongeza: “Kinyang’anyiro cha ulimbikizaji wa mitaji na uporaji wa raslimali katika Afrika ni kikali sasa huenda kuliko kile cha enzi za ukoloni. Haishangazi kuona nchi za Afrika Kusini na Tazania zimekuwa na ugeni wa marais wa Marekani na China kwa kipindi kifupi sana.” Bashiru anasema ziara hizi zinafanyika huku vijana wa nchi hizo wakiwa katika mapambano makali na vyombo vya dola vya nchi hizo wakidai mambo mbalimbali yakiwemo mazingira mazuri ya kujikimu na elimu bora isiyo ya kibaguzi. “Hitashangaza ikiwa katika siku za usoni, Dar es Salaam itageuzwa na tabaka kandamizi kuwa Berlin ya Karne ya ishirini na moja. Sote tunaelewa yaliyoisibu dunia na bara la Afrika kutokana na maamuzi ya Berlin ya karne ya kumi na tisa. Afrika iliganywa vipande na kutawaliwa kikoloni kwa karne nzima,” anasema na kuongeza: “Wakati ule Waafrika hawakushiriki katika mikutano ya Berlin ya karne ya kumi na tisa. Waafrika wanaweza kualikwa kama wageni mashuhuri katika mikutano ya Berlin ya karne ya ishirini na moja ikiwa mkakati wa kuiuza Afrika kama bidhaa hautakomeshwa. Hata hivyo, mikutano ya kuligawa bara la Afrika tena itakuwa ya fujo maana wanaotaka kugawana raslimali za Afrika hawataafikiana kirahisi na kizazi cha sasa cha waafrika hakitasalimu amri.” Hata hivyo mawazo ya Bashiru yanapingwa na mwandishi wa habari mwandamizi wa gazeti la Jamhuri, Deodatus Balile alipokuwa akizungumza na Shirika la utangazji la Uingereza (BBC) akisema kuwa ni dhana potofu ya ujamaa na kujitegemea. “Kwa bahati mbaya sana, Watanzania tumelishwa dozi nzuri sana ya ujamaa na kujitegemea, lakini hatukufahamu vizuri maana yake. Kila unayeona ana simu mbili unadhani ni fisadi na kila unayeona ana nyumba mbili basi kakuibia wewe, si kweli,” anasema na kuongeza: “Kwenye uchumi kuna kutegemeana, kwamba huyu anazalisha pamba, huyu ana kiwanda cha kusokota nyuzi na huyu cha kuzalisha suruali, kwa jiyo mnategemeana. Tatizo kuna unyanyapaa, wakisikia Mmarekani wanajua haji hapa kwa wema, wanakumbuka matendo yake Iraqi, Afghanistan, Libya, wanadhani hayo ndiyo yanamleta Tanzania,” anasema Balile. Kwa upande wake Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha Wananchi (CUF) Profesa Ibrahim Lipumba anashauri nchi za Afrika kuwa na mkakati wa pamoja wa kulinda rasilimali zao. “Nchi za Afrika zenye bidhaa ghafi zingekuwa na utaratibu wa pamoja wa kujua namna gani tunaingia kwenye mazunguzo ya kuwa na mahusiano ya kibiashara na wenzetu tuweze kulinda maslahi ya nchi zetu,” anasema Profesa Lipumba. Wananchi wengi walikuwa na sahahuku ya kumwona Obama bila mafanikio. Wengi wameishia kumwona tu kwenye TV akihutunia.

OBAMA TANZANIA

Wananchi wengi walikuwa na sahahuku ya kumwona Obama bila mafanikio. Wengi wameishia kumwona tu kwenye TV akihutunia.