By Masondore Masondore, Canada
Dear Editor,
On 14 March 2019, once again you
published an opinionated article titled: Tanzania’s leader, the “Bulldozer”,
runs off course, which also appears as “A dose of Bull” in the Middle East and Africa version.
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In your article, you highlighted
that Tanzania’s President “hates” critics, gay and accurate statistics. I tried
to read your article with keen interest to update myself with what I thought
was an investigative piece of journalism, only to find it is just another ordinary
article, personal vendetta, a heap of baseless assumptions which are
characterized by the cheap mediocre journalists based in Tanzania that you
heavily pay them to suit your test.
Well, I am a concerned Tanzanian
citizen living in Toronto, Canada with frequent visit to my motherland. I am
one of the millions Tanzanians who are extremely captivated by the
transformations under President John Magufuli’s reforms, which are sweeping
across Africa by the tide. I know you hate it.
I understand you enraged by Tanzania’s
dazzling achievements under the current administration of President Magufuli. We
all understand that your anger is justified because you oppose our independence
and development. You only want to see us downtrodden and utterly wretched. I
can see your anger. Reporting Africa has never been improved since the Cardiff
Conference on Reporting Africa in 1999. Your position is unchanged.
How can you speak well of my
President Magufuli with all these gigantic achievements for an African country?
Where were you when the London’s Africa Leadership Magazine named Dr. Magufuli
Africa’s Person of the Year in Political Leadership? We understand your nasty
agenda against Africa, leave alone Tanzania. This time you will never succeed.
How can you recognize Magufuli’s excellent
work while you are just a tool in the hands of the imperialists who are hell
bent to unfairly exploit Tanzania and Africa mercilessly? The sons and
daughters of Africa are awake, the end game is not far. Economic independence
is imminent.
Every bit of the word in your
article carry assumptions. It is the opinion of whoever wrote these articles in
your once respected magazine. It is your opinion, not necessarily the truth,
leave alone facts. It is irresponsible journalism which does not reflect the
ethics of good journalism. There is barely any truth, no accuracy of facts, and
no balance and in fact, the article seriously lacks professionalism.
Labeling President Magufuli as a
hater of critics, gay and accurate statistics makes you stoop too low. How do
you justify hate from his constitutional duty of overseeing the administration
of justice to everyone in accordance to the laws of the land, culture and
norms?
I am not sure your magazine can be
respected if it does not respect the right of its readers. You call my
President “foolish” because he has demanded a win-win situation with the mineral
dealers in your neighborhood? Is demanding a fair share wrong in your sight?
Really? You are unhappy because his mining reforms have now doubled the country’s
revenue from its mineral deposits? That the government is now able to build
more schools, distribute more medicines and construct more hospitals?
In his three years of presidency, Dr.
John Magufuli, the man you are foolishly trying to defame in your article, made
Tanzania one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. He erected the
infrastructure incomparable to any of his predecessors, again in a very short
time. What President Magufuli does in Tanzania, has never been done at any other
time since independence. This is why you fail to conceal your hatred and
without disgrace you bask it openly.
President Magufuli is a very
efficient manager. Probably, you insult him because of his proven prowess in
managing the natural resources of his country so that his people too can
benefit after hundreds of years of exploitation by your own masters.
Dr. Magufuli is an icon in the war
against graft. He brought down corruption in Tanzania and restore the
confidence of people in their government. He has disciplined the civil service,
making them accountable to the people they serve. Don’t you like that? He
signed laws to stop mineral exploitation in his country by your multinationals.
I understand this is a pain in your neck. Probably this is the essence of your
anger.
Kindly do not make me label The
Economist is a disaster and racist Magazine. Magufuli is the President who works
to ensure the Tanzanians benefit from the fruits of their God-given resources.
Is that bad? You do the same out there, I lived here, and I’m now living in a
country that is developed today because of past great leaders of Magufuli prototype.
Unfortunately, you have allowed your
magazine to publish non-sense. We will treat The Economist as rubbish. It is
the reason I am not directing myself to comment on the trash you repeatedly
brought up on our leader. Tragically non-sense and racism.
Just a bit, you sympathize with the
opposition leader who had to be remanded to prison for violating bail
conditions. Mr Freeman Mbowe was not imprisoned. Check your facts. He was
remanded after breaching bail conditions like what happens to many other Tanzanians.
You should know this elementary law.
You jumped to another defense of the
Citizen newspaper which is known for its lack of professionalism. Accurate data
is a demand for professional journalism, do you pretend you do not know that? Accuracy
of facts, data, names and spellings are cardinal points. Balance too lacked in
The Citizen story. If the seven day ban was unlawful, the newspaper would have
gone to court for justice. I find it a bit absurd for your obvious paralysis of
analysis on this. What a shame.
Tanzania’s economy is in perfect
shape. It grows at 7.2%. We are building the country while you try as much as
possible to exploit us. The good news for Magufuli is that he enjoys the
confidence of his voters, Africans and many well wishers across the globe. They
know your wicked schemes hence you will never change their decision. They see.
They compare. They strengthen their trust and confidence. Please do not ignore
our people and people of the world.
The Economist does not vote. The
voters do not just bark, as others do, they vote their leader they are
privileged to trust. We understand you have the right to your opinion, however deliberately
misleading and unethical. Our founding father Mwalimu Julius Nyerere once said
foolishness is a talent like a person’s height. It all depends on your
gatekeeping wisdom.
Honorable Editor, kindly listen, if
you are paid for this project, chew the money and continue to defame your
readers around. I guarantee you will never get the same results aimed for. We
understand this is racism coupled by neo-colonialism.
Sadly, the better we are, the more
the insults we will expect from your end. We are prepared and we will survive
your malicious campaign against our resolve to develop our people in Tanzania
and Africa.
Tanzania and Africa will never give
up the fight. Forget it. We fought for the political independence, we are now
out to liberate Africa from economic colonialism, the motive for which you try
to disparage the excellent work by Dr. Magufuli. Keep writing because you have
to. The Tanzanians have confidence in their leader; Dr. Magufuli. The good news
is that he does not lead The Economist Magazine, he leads Tanzanians and he
will constitutionally remain in power. Keep writing. We keep doing our best to
continue transforming Tanzania and Africa.
Aluta Continua,
Concerned Tanzanian Citizen, Toronto
Canada.
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