Topic: Gazeti la MwanaHalisi lafungiwa kwa muda usiojulikana!

Kuanzia leo Julai 30, 2012; Gazeti la MwanaHalisi limefungiwa na serikali kwakuwa linadaiwa kuandika habari za uchochezi.

CHANZO: TBC1

By Profesy

JAMHURI YA MUUNGANO WA TANZANIA

WIZARA YA HABARI, VIJANA, UTAMADUNI NA MICHEZO

TAMKO LA SERIKALI

GAZETI LA MWANAHALISI LAFUNGIWA

Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania imelifungia kutochapishwa gazeti la MwanaHalisi kuanzia 30 Julai, 2012 kwa muda usiojulikana kutokana na mwenendo wake wa kuandika habari na makala za uchochezi, uhasama na uzushi likiwa na nia ya kusababisha wananchi kukosa imani na vyombo vya dola hali inayoweza kuhatarisha amani na mshikamano uliopo nchini.

Katika matoleo yake hivi karibuni, gazeti la MwanaHalisi toleo Na. 302 la Jumatano Julai, 11 – 18, 2012 na toleo Na. 303 la Jumatano Julai 18 – 24, 2012 na toleo Na. 304 la Jumatano Julai 25 hadi 01 Agosti, 2012 na mengine yaliyotangulia yamekuwa yakichapisha habari na makala zenye kueneza na kujenga hofu kwa jamii.

Mhariri wa gazeti la MwanaHalisi, ameitwa na kuonywa mara nyingi, lakini hataki kukiri kuwa maudhui ya makala zake hazina tija kwa jamii, pia hazifuati weledi na maadili ya taaluma ya uandishi wa habari.

Mhariri, mara zote katika utetezi wake amekuwa akinukuu kifungu cha 18 cha Katiba ya nchi yetu ambacho kinatoa uhuru wa kutoa maoni na kwa makusudi kutonukuu kifungu cha 30 cha Katiba hiyo kinachoweka ukomo wa uhuru.

Uamuzi wa Serikali
Serikali imeamua kulifungia kutochapishwa kwa muda usiojulikana gazeti la MwanaHalisi, kwa mujibu wa Sheria ya Magazeti ya mwaka 1976, kifungu Na. (25) (i), adhabu hiyo itaanza tarehe 30 Julai, 2012 kwa mujibu wa Tangazo la Serikali (Government Notice) Na. 258 lililochapishwa katika Gazeti la Serikali na kutolewa jijini Dar Es Salaam tarehe 27 Julai, 2012.

Serikali inawataka wamiliki, wahariri na wanahabari kuzingatia sheria, uzalendo, weledi na maadili ya taaluma ya uandishi wa habari katika kutekeleza wajibu wa kuhabarisha, kuelimisha na kutoa burudani kwa wananchi.

Kama ilivyoelezwa Bungeni wakati wa kuwasilisha Bajeti ya Wizara ya Habari, Vijana, Utamaduni na Michezo hivi karibuni waandishi na watangazaji wa habari wanatakiwa kuhakikisha kuwa habari wanazoziandika na vipindi wanavyoandaa vinazingatia taaluma na kuweka mbele maslahi ya Taifa letu na uzalendo. Uhuru na haki ya vyombo vya habari uendane na wajibu.

Kuanzia sasa Serikali haitasita kuchukua hatua dhidi ya vyombo vya habari ambavyo kwa maksudi vitatoa taarifa za uchochezi ambazo zitahatarisha hali ya amani na utulivu uliopo nchini mwetu.

Imetolewa na

OFISI YA MSAJILI WA MAGAZETI
WIZARA YA HABARI, VIJANA, UTAMADUNI NA MICHEZO
30 Julai, 2012

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Statement;

Tanzanian authorities ban weekly indefinitely

Nairobi, July 30, 2012--The Tanzanian government today banned indefinitely the critical Swahili-language weekly MwanaHalisi, accusing the paper of publishing seditious articles, according to local journalists and a statement by the information ministry.

The ministry claimed that MwanaHalisi's four July editions contained seditious and false material but did not specify particular articles. Under the 1976 Newspaper Act, Tanzanian authorities can suspend a newspaper at will if they deem that it has "seditious intent," according to CPJ research. MwanaHalisi Chief Editor Jabir Idrissa told CPJ that the paper is considering filing an appeal.

Idrissa and other local journalists said they suspect the ban is related to a series of articles in MwanaHalisiconcerning the kidnap and torture in late June of physician Steven Ulimboka. Unknown assailants kidnapped and beat Ulimboka on the outskirts of the main commercial city Dar es Salaam after he led a doctors' strike, according to news reports. MwanaHalisi's reports suggested involvement by authorities, citing phone records of an alleged security officer, Idrissa said. Tanzanian security services and President Jakaya Kikwete have denied government involvement, according to local and international reports.

"Once again, Tanzanian authorities have wielded an archaic newspaper act and vague, unsupported accusations of sedition to censor reporting that is merely critical of the government," said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. "Authorities should reverse this ban immediately and allow MwanaHalisi to report on the Ulimboka case without fear of reprisal."

Over the past year, Tanzanian authorities have called MwanaHalisi's editors in for questioning every two or three weeks over their articles, Idrissa said.

Tanzanian authorities used the Newspaper Act to suspend MwanaHalisi in October 2008 for three months for articles considered seditious and insulting to the president. During the 2010 election campaign, Sethi Kamuhanda, the permanent secretary of the ministry of information, visited print media houses to warn them that the government would close down any media that portrayed the government negatively, according to local journalists.



For more data and analysis on Tanzania, visit CPJ's Tanzania page here.


###
CPJ is a New York-based, independent, nonprofit organization
that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide.

Wajameni serikali hii inataka kutufunga mdomo tuendelee kuwa gizani tusijue madudu yao.

Pole sana KUBENEA tupo na wewe habari zako za kiuchunguzi zinatusaidia sana na ndizo zinazotufungua macho tujue nchi yetu inavyoliwa.

By Ndahani

The way we see the problem is the problem. Yaani kuna watu wana vichwa bwana na wanafikiria utafikiri dunia inaishia leo. But all in all, I have kept the copy of that MwanaHalisi edition as a memory of the shit we have been making to ourselves by lack of critical thinking...it was one of the amazing investigative stories in our country.

Pale waliwaacha utupu kabisa watawala wetu,cha ajabu ktk kufikiri kwao wakaona solution ni kulifungia mwanahalisi.shame on them

aiseeeeee.....


nadhani litakalofuata ni mwananchi then........uhuru litabaki milele.

kaka usife moyo tutafika tu.

By tamuchungu

Mungu ibariki tanzania,mungu lisambaratishe mwanahalisi na wafuasi wake wanaopandikiza na kueneza chuki na uongo mioyoni mwa watanzania.aaaimen

you again!!! kweli una haki ya kudai nyongeza ya posho ya propaganda from magamba, endelea kutumika hivyohivyo na kuweka utu wako rehani. shame on you

By MLETAHOJA

Siyo kila unachokifahamu kinafaa kuandikwa. Unaandika yale yenye maslahi kwa taifa. Hilo aliloliandika lina maslahi kwa taifa maana jeshi letu la polisi limetuahidi kuwa linafanya kila jitihada kumbaini aliyemteka Ulimboka na mara zote polisi wamekuwa wakipongeza taarifa za uhalifu wanazopewa na raia wema kupitia kile wanachokiita ulinzi shirikishi. Kwa nini mara hii Mwanahalisi haipewi ushirikiano na jeshi la polisi badala yake linanyamazishwa? Hapo kuna kitu.

Mbona KUBENEA hajaitwa kuhojiwa na jeshi la polisi.
Kweli nimeamini nchi hii inawenyewe...

Demokrasia kitanzini Tz.
Utawala bora unachimbiwa kaburi wakati uwazi unapelekwa uhamishoni!!

duh. habari ya kufungiwa kwa Mwanahalisi imenisikitisha sana kwa sababu mbili:
1. Serikali ilitakiwa ione mbele zaidi ya namna ilivyotumia mabavu kuzima taarifa za uchunguzi za gazeti moja ilhali kuna magazeti mengi yatakayoendelea kuandika habari za uchunguzi
2. kufungiwa kwa gazeti hilo kutaiweka Tanzania katika list ya nchi zinazominya uhuru wa wananchi kupata habari
3. Hata wale ambao hawakuisoma habari ile wataisoma sasa tena wakiwa na alama ya kujiuliza kichawani(!) dhidi ya serikali

Hapa nasema serikali imekurupuka!!

By Shardcole

Mkuu si uhamie CHADEMA basi kubwa tupambane vizuri na hii serkali dhalimu kwani unafaa sana ila tatizo umekula fungate na CCJ.

Mkuu Shardcole, nakuomba uwe unafanya utafiti hata kidogo kabla ya kuandika...Hebu angalia profile pic yangu pia signature yangu bila shaka vyo kwa pamoja vyaweza kukupa tip ya kuwa mimi ni wa upande gani katika siasa za Tanzania...

There are currently 856 users browsing this thread. (186 members and 670 guests)

By tamuchungu

hapa tunashindana kwa hoja,sio muda wa kujiunga jf.mwanahalisi anafanyia uchunguzi wake kwenye daftari la wapiga kura halafu anakuja kutudanganya hapa kwa nini?hatudanganyiki.

tamuchungu pole sana hufai hata kuwa mzazi hata wawatoto wa panya kwa akili uliyonayo utawakorogea sumu wafe ukijikinga na gharama za maisha

Kulifungia gazeti hata kidogo hakuwezi kuzuia ukweli ama usijulikane au ule uliojulikana ufutike kwenye fikra za watanzania.Wengi wamesoma toleo hilo na mpaka sasa wamehifadhi wanaendelea kulisoma na wengine ambao hawakusoma.

Hata wakitoa tangazo la kuwataka watu wenye gazeti hilo walisalimishe polisi kabla msako wa nyumba kwa nyumba haujapita bado hawawezi kufuta ukweli kuwa waliomteka,kumtesa vibaya na kujaribu kumuua dr.Ulimboka ni usalama wa taifa.

Kwakuwa gazeti limefungiwa kwa muda usiojulika basi uongozi wa mwanahalisi ufanye mpango wa kuprint kopi nyingi za gazeti hilo lizidi kusambaa mpaka vijijini.

By tamuchungu

hapa tunashindana kwa hoja,sio muda wa kujiunga jf.mwanahalisi anafanyia uchunguzi wake kwenye daftari la wapiga kura halafu anakuja kutudanganya hapa kwa nini?hatudanganyiki.

mawazo mgando na membamba!!

By OSOKONI

mbona radio imani inayohubiri chuki za kidini kila siku haifungiwi?? kuna double standards kwenye media???

Was,,,ng,, hawa, hawana maana yoyote, na wamekuq,upuka, this is gonna cost them very much!

By Dickson Ng'hily

Mkuu Shardcole, nakuomba uwe unafanya utafiti hata kidogo kabla ya kuandika...Hebu angalia profile pic yangu pia signature yangu bila shaka vyo kwa pamoja vyaweza kukupa tip ya kuwa mimi ni wa upande gani katika siasa za Tanzania...

Alikurupuka bila kujua.

huu ndio uzuri wa Tanzania yaani ukiongea sana au kudai unajua lazima wakufanyie kitu ambacho hutasahau. Wanao elewa lazima wajue kuwa hiyo ni kuwafunga wasiseme uozo wa serikali yetu dhaifu

Demokrasia kitanzini Tz.Utawala bora umechimbiwa kaburi wakati uwazi umepelekwa uhamishoni!!

By FJM

Kwa hili serikali haiwezi tena kudai kuwa inafuata utawala wa demokrasia na sheria. Kama wana-dispute habari yoyote iliyoandikwa kwenye gazeti la mwanahalisi kwa nini wasiende mahakamani? Ni nani anayeamua habari fulani ni ya uchochezi au la? Nini maana ya uchochezi? Na watanzania wana akili na utashi wa kujua uchochezi au mpaka serikali iwatafunie habari? Hii inaharibu credibility ya serikali.

Sheria moja kandamizi sana kwa vyombo vya habari ndio imewapa hayo mamlaka,kwamba waziri habari,utamaduni na michezo anaweza akaamka asubuhi kwasababu anazozijua yeye akaamua kulifungia gazeti lolote lile.wako sahihi kwasababu tunafuata utawala wa sheria na sio utawala bora,unaweza kuua na ukawa sahihi tu maadam sheria inakuruhusu kufanya hivyo.

By Ritz

Wewe ulitegemea kama nani jeshi la polisi alifanyi kazi kienyeji kuokota habari mitaani kwa waandishi makanjanja.

Ukiambiwa una akili fupi unakataa sijui kwanini...huyo Deo hapo chini ndiyo angekuwa mtu wa kwanza kuhojiwa hata kama jeshi la polisi lingekuwa dhaifu kiasi gani. Tuambie jeshi la polisi linatoa wapi ushahidi kwenye uchunguzi wao unaoendelea wakati mtu aliyekuwepo kwenye tukio mpaka sasa hivi hajahojiwa.

Taarifa za kuaminika zinasema, polisi hawajawahi kuwahoji Dk. Deogratias Michael aliyeshuhudia Dk. Ulimboka akitekwa; Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa kituo cha Sheria na haki za Binadamu (LHRC) Hellen Kijo-Bisimba wala Onesmo ole Ngurumwa, mratibu wa mtandao wa watetezi wa haki za binadamu nchini waliokwenda kumchukua polisi Bunju.

no more udaku.........lol

By Nicas Mtei

Alikurupuka bila kujua.

Hahahaha...Umeona eeeh...Kamanda upo lakini! Niko Tabora but in 3days nitakuwa on ma way back home...@ Nicas Mtei