ZEUTAMU blogger faces jail term over manipulated photographic images - JamiiForums |The Home of Great Thinkers

LeoKweli · 4th June 2009, 03:24 AM

The Nairobi Chronicle reports that a Tanzanian blogger faces jail after publishing manipulated photographic images depicting Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete engaging in lewd sex acts.
According to Habari Leo , a Tanzanian newspaper[sw] the country’s police are seeking help from Interpol in tracing the owners and publishers of the blog.
Ze utamu (www.************), probably Tanzania's most controversial blog, came to the limelight by publishing a mixture of Tanzanian Diaspora gossip, nude and sex photographs of well known people as well as name-and-shaming articles. While it attracted many readers, the blog has also attracted criticism.
Some bloggers are of the opinion that the authorities did not care when posts about ordinary citizens were posted at ze utamu. A comment from a blog post at Watanzania Oslo blog that posted the Habari Leo article about the police hunt for ze utamu blog owners says:

Mtandao huu wa ze utamu umkuwepo kwa muda mrefu sana na watu wengi wasio na hatia (raia wa kawaida) wamedhalilishwa sana kupitia mtandao huo kwa picha zao kuwekwa bila ridhaa yao. nyingi ya hizo picha ni za utupu na hata zile ambazo siyo za utupu ziliwekwa bila ridhaa ya wahusika. hivi kuwekwa picha ya rais Kikwete ndo kile chombo kinachojifanya cha usalama kinakurupuka kuwasaka wenye mtandao? […]unafiki mkubwa na ufisadi aina nyingine huu. kudhalilishwa ni kudhalilishwa, ama iwe ni raia tu, kiongozi wa kawaida na hata rais.

Ze utamu has been around for a long time and many innocent people (average/normal citizens) have been shamed through this site when their photographs were posted without their consent. Most of them are nude photographs and even those that are not were posted without consent. Is it true that only by posting the president’s photos has prompted that institution that claims to be the security and regulatory body to jump and pretend to search for the site owners? […] this is hypocrisy, degrading people means degrading people, be they ordinary citizens, leaders or even the president.
That point was also raised by Happy Katabazi :

MwanaFalsafa1 · #2 4th June 2009, 03:29 AM

It's no secret that the process of deleting the sight was rapid when the president was involved. The blog had been around for many months but nothing was done but after the president was humiliated it prompted a fast tracking of the people involved and within a short time it was closed down. I truly believe that the only reason it was taken down was because the president was shown, I could be wrong.

LeoKweli · #3 4th June 2009, 03:46 AM

	Quote:	MwanaFalsafa1
	It's no secret that the process of deleting the sight was rapid when the president was involved. The blog had been around for many months but nothing was done but after the president was humiliated it prompted a fast tracking of the people involved and within a short time it was closed down. I truly believe that the only reason it was taken down was because the president was shown, I could be wrong.

This is tell us a lot on the approach, we should use if we want to see the president take seriously the Corruption isuues, I think instead of ducking to other small fishes we should take him on , going back to his history when he was a minister of Minerals .........

We want to support him but everyday he provide us with the resorns of taking him on

Nyani Ngabu · #4 4th June 2009, 03:49 AM

	Quote:	LeoKweli
	According to Habari Leo , a Tanzanian newspaper[sw] the country’s police are seeking help from Interpol in tracing the owners and publishers of the blog.

Hivi ni mi tu au? Hicho kichwa cha habari hakiendani na habari!

Jasusi · #5 4th June 2009, 03:57 AM

	Quote:	Nyani Ngabu
	Hivi ni mi tu au? Hicho kichwa cha habari hakiendani na habari!

Hakiendani. Utadhani ameshakamatwa na anasubiri hukumu ya kufungwa jela.

Nyani Ngabu · #6 4th June 2009, 03:59 AM

	Quote:	Jasusi
	Hakiendani. Utadhani ameshakamatwa na anasubiri hukumu ya kufungwa jela.

Thank you! Hii miandishi ya habari Afrika inaaibisha fani ya uandishi wa habari....

MwanaFalsafa1 · #7 4th June 2009, 04:00 AM

	Quote:	LeoKweli
	This is tell us a lot on the approach, we should use if we want to see the president take seriously the Corruption isuues, I think instead of ducking to other small fishes we should take him on , going back to his history when he was a minister of Minerals ......... We want to support him but everyday he provide us with the resorns of taking him on

Mtu aliye shiba hawezi kulalamikia ukame hata siku moja. Mpaka ukame umathiri na yeye ndiyo ata simama na kufanya kitu. Hawa viongozi wetu wengine hawana tabia ya kushugulikia baadhi ya mambo kama they have nothing to lose.

MwanaFalsafa1 · #8 4th June 2009, 04:00 AM

	Quote:	Nyani Ngabu
	Thank you! Hii miandishi ya habari Afrika inaaibisha fani ya ya uandishi wa habari....

Quoting NN, "Miafrika Ndivyo Tulivyo".

Magezi · #9 4th June 2009, 06:34 AM

Ze utamu Oyeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

MwanaFalsafa1 · #10 4th June 2009, 06:45 AM

	Quote:	Magezi
	Ze utamu Oyeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

Kidumu Chama Cha Mautamu? Lol.

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