Topic: Rostam Aziz of New Habari Corporation: The facts

Hii ndiyo halisi ya habari Tanzania . Naleta makala hii japokuwa ni ya muda kidogo ili iweze kuingia kweney record. Je ni kwa sababu hii ndiyo maana waandishi wanalamba viatu vya JK ?


HEADLINE: CCM magnates in the media

The treasurer of the Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and advisor to the government party on economic and financial issues, the businessman and MP Rostam Aziz has recently acquired a significant stake in the largest press company in the country, Habari Corporation Ltd (HCL).

And yet he is not a newcomer in the Tanzanian press sector, since during the 1990s he had launched the company Mwananchi Communications Ltd (MCL) in partnership with Ferdinand Ruhinda, a former ambassador turned businessman and close ally to former President Benjamin Mkapa.

Aziz and Ruhinda subsequently joined forces with the Aga Khan's Nation Media Group to launch a daily English language newspaper, The Citizen.

They later disagreed with their Kenyan partners over the coverage of Jikaya Kikwete's election campaign last year. A few months ago Aziz therefore sold a large proportion of his shares in MCL and purchased the stakes held by several journalists (Salva Rweyemamu, Jenerali Ulimwengu and William Shoo) in HCL. Since then this press group which was quite virulent under the previous regime has calmed down considerably with the present government. Other CCM dignitaries also have interests in the media. This is so in the case of Minister of Livestock, Anthony Diallo the owner of Sahara Communications Ltd which operates Star Television and Radio Free Africa as well as publishing the weekly magazine Msanii Afrika.

For its part, the IPP Media group (The Guardian Ltd, Media Solutions Ltd, Independent Television and Radio One Ltd) owned by the magnate Reginald Mengi has always been able to butter up successive governments. However, today he is in the line of sight of several CCM executives due to some of his news stories.

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LOAD-DATE: October 27, 2006

Nakubaliana nawe hakuna sheria lakini matokeo yake ndiyo haya sasa kwamba habari za kweli na makelele ya kweli yanatokea jambo na si media za hapa nyumbani ambazo zinawafikiwa wengi ili wajue Nchi yao iko vipi .

sidhani kama ipo tena hiyo

Hiyo 25% was it applied on TV coverage anma hata magazeti ?

Mugishagwe hiyo ilikuwa kwenye TV tu....

Mwawado, right on... kwa sababu watanzania wanapenda kugereshwa sana.. Hakuna anayeuliza iweje tukodi mtambo kwa gharama ya juu ambapo tungeweza kupata mtambo huo huo na kuumiliki kwa gharama ya chini sana kuliko hiyo ya kukodi? Iweje uamue kukodi kwa gharama ya juu badala ya kumiliki kwa gharama ya chini. Ni sawa na mtu anaamua kukodi gari na analipia shilingi milioni 20, wakati gari hilo hilo tena jipya lina gharibu shilingi milioni 10!! IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!

Brother MKJJ,
You'll never, ever get an explanation from the Gov't on this, trust me. Same like SONGAS (You sell your house to become a tenant to that house), Radar (which I heard worked for a couple of months only and now it is kaput!!), IPTL, Military L/R Discoveries (refer BCS discussion), and many, many more issues like these. It only happens in TZ.

Kuna habari za kuaminika kuwa Mhe Rostam Aziz maarufu humu kama RA amekuwa akihaha katika vyumba vya habari na kufanya vikao mbalimbali na baadhi ya wahariri na waandishi wa vyombo mbalimbali vya habari nchini kumtengenezea mabomu Zitto Kabwe ili jamii iache kuamini kile ambacho amekuwa akikisimamia katika siku za hivi karibuni.

Kumbukeni kuwa RA ndiye alikuwa mmoja wa wakuu wa idara ya propaganda wakati wa kampeni za urais ndani ya CCM mwaka 2005. Kwa kutumia waandishi mbalimbali ambao wengi wao tayari wameshatajwa hadharani huyu jamaa ndiye alikuwa chanzo cha habari nyingi nyeti za serikali ambazo zilipelekea kuanguka kisiasa kwa mawaziri kadhaa wa serikali ya tatu ambao walikuwa wakonekana tishio kwa JK ambaye walitegemea kupata ride yake kuneemesha maslahi yao binafsi.

Huyu jamaa ambaye kwa sasa ndio anaonekana kama KING MAKER nchini mwetu na kiongozi wa pili katika kundi la MTANDAO MASLAHI akifuatiwa na mshirika wake kibiashara na tajiri mwenzake Nizar Karamagi amekuwa mwiba mkubwa kwa JK kutokana na uroho wake wa kutaka awe katika kila deal inayoendelea nchini. Rostam ni mtu mwenye upeo mkubwa sana wa kiakili na mjanja kibiashara na asiye na simile katika kulinda maslahi yake. Mbinu chafu ndio jina lake la pili na unafiki ndio middle name yake.

Katika hali inayojitokeza sasa inaelekea RA anapigania maslahi ya kundi ziima la MTANDAO MASLAHI kutokana na dalili kuwa limekuwa mzigo mzito kwa JK kufikia mahala kuonyesha dalili zote za kushukiwa na nyundo kali hata kabla ya uchaguzi wa ndani wa chama kufanyika.

Pamoja na kuwa maslahi katika makampuni mbalimbali miliki ya vyombo vya habari kama Habari Corporation ambayo hutoa magazeti ya RAI, MTANZANIA na vilevile share ndogo katika umiliki wa gazeti la MWANANCHI na THE CITIZEN ambako amekuwa akizidiwa nguvu na Wakenya, RA anaushawishi mkubwa kwa waandishi wengi wa magazeti yetu kufikia wakati fulani kuwa akiwalipa mishahara tena mikubwa kuliko wapatayo kutoka kwa waajiri zao.

Moja ya kazi inayoendelea ni uandishi wa makala mbalimbali za kuwahadaa watanzania kutomuamini Zitto kabwe akiwatumi watu kaka Dr Gideon Shoo na Muhingo Rweyemamu ambao kwa miaka mingi sasa wamekuwa watumishi wake waaminifu katika kazi ya UHANDISI WA HABARI. Hawa ni vinara tu lakini wapo wengi wengine. ngome yake nyingine ni Gazeti la MAJIRA.

Kwa hali inayoendelea ni wazi mtasikia mengi kuhusu Zitto Kabwe lakini kuweni makini na kujaribu kujua vyanzo vya habari hizo. cha ajabu ni kuwa huyu jamii wakati wote hupenda kujifanya ni rafiki wa Zitto na kujigamba kuwa anamkubali na misimamo yake lakini ukweli ni kuwa akipata nafasi tu hataacha kummaliza ndugu yetu na kijana mwenzetu Zitto Kabwe. Ukweli ni kuwa RA ameshiriki hata kupanga njamaa za kuwaundermine baadhi ya wanamtandao wenzake ambao wanonekana kuelemea kundi la MTANDAO MATUMAINI linaloongozwa na Waziri MMoja mwandamizi Nchini ambalo liliweka imani ya matumaini ya watanzania kwa JK ambaye anaonekana kuelemewa nguvu na mafisadi waliojikita katika mpango wa kula hadi kusaza utajiri wa watanzania.

Zaidi sintashangaa kuwa hili likawa kosa la mwisho la RA ambalo sio tu litamrudi yeye binafsi lakini pia lina hatari ya kuzua hasira za watanzania wengine dhidi ya watanzania wenzao wenye asili ya asia (mnapenda waita wahindi) ambao RA anaonekana kama kinara wa maslahi yao katika ngazi ya kisiasa ingawa yyeye ni Muiran (mbulushi)zaidi ya uhindi.

Tanzanianjema

Mtu akitaka kuujua ukweli kabisa atakubaliana na mimi kwamba Rostam Aziz ndiye hasa rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano.Maana si king Maker pekee pia final decision maker . Kitendo cha Uslama wa Taifa kumwachia mtu wa Iran kuwa na nguvu kubwa za namna kama alivyo kuwa Kinana those days kuna risk usalama wa Nchi hii .Siasa chafu na hata kutumia pesa na vyombo vya habari kwa manufaa ya wizi wao na kuwaacha watanzania wengi katika dimbwi la umasikini haikubaliki na mwisho wake ni mbaya sana .RA tuachie Nchi yetu bakia na CCM yenu .