
UCC wants to silence NTV’s Frank Gashumba (Letter: CMM/99/14 – 10.10.2016)





For those of you who really think you will learn something new or see a vibrant new candidate on the podium. You have forgotten the format and the ways these Presidential Candidate Debate fits the ratings and the ways of gaining most viewers. This isn’t for the greater good of democracy; this is a battle for advertisement revenue for the current TV Station and Media House. This is the bloody America where everyone supposed to be able to push blood out of stone.
Donald Trump, the so-called billionaire and brash vomit will be broadcasted worldwide where more lies and inaccuracies than ever before. It will be like watching the Telly on ‘V for Vendetta’. Oh gee, the grand house of political heroes has fallen into bread and circus instead of professing into the governance and accountability. But if accountability matters the so-called billionaire might have drop more key paperwork and not just spoken unaccounted for his business in the past and how he has paid the tax-man.
Hillary Clinton, the political refugee and one who cannot hide the shade of Bernie Sanders. The lingering of shadow of husband Bill Clinton and all her years in Senate and even as Minister of State still has scalps. Not like her counterpart who claims to know more than generals, Hillary Clinton’s weakness is her weak program and rhetoric together with the solid bank-account after years in the civil service. While the Foundation of Clinton’s are being scrutinized and might done things on wrong accord, the same can be said by the Trump Foundation.
This race is not about morals, wealth, character, hope, progress, longevity or stability. This Presidential Campaign is about redemption. The Redemption of the two-party system of United States, if the people still believes in it. Because the candidates are both disgusting in different ways; Clinton though by a giant leap better than Trump, but that is not a feat! Clinton would be better by just breathing and that says more about the opponent than about her.
So for those of you who think you will be wise by the show and the Presidential Debate, you won’t if you didn’t know that Donald Trump lies and thinks he can fix an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) with only a toothpick and Swiss-Army Knife; while he will claim he does it better than the inventor of it John Stevens. On the other hand Hillary Clinton will be more organized and careful with her words; still addressing Trump on his inaccuracies and even be clear on how unfit he might be.
I know many won’t agree and by all means I accept it. Trump is an asshole and he has graced his son with the same dreadful traits of inhumanity. Clinton has the polished career politician and therefore need to show some flex, but she will not show anything new. Unless she tears a giant whole in the pride of Trump and his so-called achievements; Trump cannot be brasher, racial biased, and political incorrect or careless than he has already been unless he actually shows his ‘peacock’ to the nation on live broadcast. That is what is missing!
So enjoy watching a ‘Show about Nothing’ where the broadcast is eating your life and these candidates wouldn’t’ say something new unless Gary Johnson, Jill Stein or Deez Nuts we’re showing up to pretend like Tinashe that she is as important as Beyoncé. Peace.

“Senator Finistirre is still fighting for his causes:
Interviewer: What do you say to the people who claim you are destroying cinema classics?
Senator Finistirre: mmm, no. All we’re doing is using digital technology to tastefully update movies of the past… by removing cigarette” (Thank You For Smoking, 2005)
Today the madness is clear, it is vindicated as the Youtube and their affiliates have censored and taken away advertisement monies from their channels and direct videos added on their page. If they are not up to standard fitting certain advertisement companies and their agents who pick videos fitting the standards of the companies that need to sell their products. Surely the chocolate industry doesn’t want to connect to the videos addressing the Syrian violence. As much as Political inspired videos who are steering a conversation is not something to connect H&M to. Still, the conversation made by certain by these videos broadens the perspective and also adds to genuine interest for otherwise intelligent debate.
If we just want water-downed sexed out headline whores of Donald Trump, than the Colgate and Nike can use the ratings to spike their sales, but that does not extend the democracy or the discussion we might need.
The reality today is that the giant corporations are really steering the conversation with their decisions. In the recent days and also earlier this year Facebook also showed their true colours. As they have actually taken away pictures of the Vietnam War Photo as the Aftenposten in Norway have written about the Iconic Photo. This been taken down because the little girl is naked on the photo and that is disturbing for the Internet Service and the Social Media.
Facebook have before also even deleted WikiLeaks Democratic Party E-Mail leaks post on their page. Just the same has happen on Twitter as the sensitive picture of the Vietnam War for them as well. The Mark Zuckerberg really suck; to be frank Suckingberg is the proper name for now. Zuckerburg and Facebook! Facebook owns Youtube who has been addressed already for their clearance and political motivated advertisement ban on the videos. I am sure they have deleted pictures on Instagram as they own that to, because the Gram can’t handle certain political MEME’s.
That all of these Social Media and Video Provider are their own businesses; they are free to do as they please, but still worrying as they are common networks for sharing information in the modern world. It is a reason why some become members to Facebook just to get invited to certain parties and social events as they are not sent through slow-mail and not even E-Mail. With this common knowledge the internet providers and Social Media power of Facebook and Youtube, can either be investor and advertisement friendly or like they are becoming a Censorship haven for Political Correctness and not for conversation. Because if an Iconic Photo from the Vietnam War becomes an issue and if videos with cursing and discussing not so humble topics; than the Youtube and Facebook can become the innocent little cry-baby that will not change discourse, but trade their soul to Kelloggs.

Is that what Zukerberg want to do to M-Pesa as well, so it can become PC and act as tool for technical monopoly and control the internet companies? We can question that because it is interesting that the photos of old have to shade because of nudity. That is similar to the quote I started this piece with. Thank You For Smoking is social political satire, but it is happing in front of our eyes as entertainment usually mirroring the reality. That is what is happening now and the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other media are doing it. They just don’t know it.
They are doubled edged swords who cut themselves in the tail while suiting their suitors just like dictators pays of their media houses and their loyal elites to cling to power. The same ways does Facebook, Youtube and Twitter to fit the programme of H&M, Nestle and Unilever. That proves the capacity of indulgent media who trades their justice for a buck. Trade of their own freedoms to fit the marginalized boards and owner of multi-national corporations instead of the world citizens; than we can do two things!
First, we can buckle under and cry havoc over the misfortune of the corporate misgivings, the Zukerberg’s who wants to friends with Corporate buddies instead of us, the people. Or we can stop using their social medias and create own. That if we want it free, just as the other portefolios of the past of information has gone from being government censorship into the public. With the public and commons decisions the Media Houses and Entertainment companies had for instance accept that the people we’re taping music on cassettes instead of buying Hank Williams at the Gas Stations for long car-trips to the coast. I am sure they felt the same with the VHS where we captured and taped the magnificent stories of Lassie and Walt Disney Corporations; even if the Disney Corporation felt insulted as they didn’t earn enough cents on the dollar on The Great Mouse Detective (1986).
With this in mind, the people can as number two still use it, but sanction the companies that are behind the insulting censorships, meaning the corporations who are dropping advertisements on Facebook, Youtube and elsewhere. Because if their hit for inability to give the people ability to converse and to share their thoughts. The censorship show the access of free speech and trust between corporations and people are dwindling.

The Media Houses have already been compromised by less budgets and less adverts as the Internet and free content on places like Social Media are stealing funding. As the tabloid click-based fuelled non-questionable content are spreading like wildfire. Instead of the pictures like the back-in-day photo of Vietnam War who actually once upon the time changed discourse. That should say something about Political Correctness, the Advertisement friendly environment of Social Media and disillusioned Zuckerberg’s who in quests of getting dollars have forgotten a key aspect of the people. The people share their opinions, their pictures. Not all make sense to add like pornography or nude children per say. The reality is that the Vietnam War pictures showed the cruelty and massive assault on the fellow human beings. Would the same corporation have trouble with starving kids of Biafra as they wasn’t nude, but we’re describing malnutrition and adverse civil-war in Nigeria in the 1960s? A piece of me saying that wouldn’t care, would you?
This will not stop here as the giant corporations and their partly ownership of the Social Media will not stop here. Not now and not in the near future as the Ads and paid sponsorship of the corporations owning the Social Media need the fuel of money from the giant multi-national corporations and their standards. They want to be on the right side of them; so they can be feed and earn their money. Still, that does not mean we got to accept this blatant disregard for the past and for the present. There are difference between child-porn and iconic pictures. Something the Facebook should have ability to do and be able to correct. If not then they are not serious shop and having hired the right personnel to look over the content added on the page. A wise-guy like Zuckerberg should have the capacity to see that, but he is excusing himself with poor words of non-sense. Time to man up and kiss the ring. If not, than he wouldn’t know what hit. The worst that would happen would be dozen of using suspending their use and spot using the Social Media and Corporations owned by Facebook. If we did they surely would know why the sanctions against the conversation… against the truth and against freedom of speech. Something that is worthy fights and we the commoners always have fought the battle to be able to speak without fear and with censorship from our master. Now it is just digitally and not directly on paper. Otherwise it is the same ways as in the past. The elite, the rich want us to be silenced and they want to earn on us without being questioned. We the people shouldn’t accept that. Peace.

Sometimes I wish I knew nothing, was clueless, and didn’t have the curiosity or learning ways of finding the information. Finding the sources and looking out for the ones that really said it and not hearsay.
In this world of constant dropping of instant news that are composed in a tabloid fashion suited to the political belief of either the sponsors, owners and the ones that get clicks. The reality and the true sources don’t matters. The Stories getting copied and bought; they don’t get written the newsagents drop them like a grocery-bag and it flees the hurdles before the shade of dark comes in.
The popularity and the spreading on social media makes the marginal papers, the marginal sources silenced as the big-media houses and conglomerates control the discussion and conversations. The minor ones might have a smidge of control and ones in while find a story or picture, even glimpse of reality that the world needed to know. But the houses are silent if there isn’t a buck in it or the righteous owner doesn’t approve it.
It has to be cleared and corrected made in a way that the population can accept it and the ad-revenue can come, either on TV, Online or in the Press. The grandest of them shows loyalty to the ruling regimes and dances with the Multi-National Companies without questions. Therefore the stories are fitted so the Colgate can be sold while the ruling regime can be smug on the front pages; there might not strict rules for censorship! Still the censorship can be made by company just to sell and the integrity doesn’t matter. The digging and questioning cannot happen as long as the journalist has to think about the owners and their wealth; not about generally praising the governments and the giant companies who subsidize their rule.
The Advertisements and Owners control it, instead of the thought of giving the public the intelligence or the follow-up of stories; unless the leaks nearly have to be addressed. I am so tired of these notices and little margins of stories. The PanamaPapers and others are truly remarkable events that made certain papers look into the conspiracies and into the darker sides of the world. Where even the trails of papers found world-leaders, NGOs and Companies that wouldn’t’ like to be associated with fraud, Tax Evasions and other economic forgery. Still, the Apple Company and Amazon don’t care if they rig their LLC in ways in Europe to systematically not pay what they have due on their profits.

Still, the little smidge of barren, the little smidge of proper work or shown as the microwaved cases and the questions for a quick “BREAKING NEWS” as the Senator or MP calls the Network to come to the steps of Court or Parliament to discuss the plenary session on the “Bushwick” Tax; that are for the regulation of growth amongst the bushes. The Bushes that are a problem in the nation; this happens while the media doesn’t question the tenders, the payments and deals made for Oil Drilling and why the Petroleum Commission doesn’t show any signs of transparency towards the companies getting the contracts, the tax they pay on the dollar and the Crude Oil rate for developing the Pipeline. Still, it’s easier just to get a grand quote from the Senator or MP than asking the hard questions towards the Central Government.
The tricks and notion that the Government and Multi-Nationals doesn’t have anything is a lie. They just don’t want us to know as their knowledge and their mechanisms wouldn’t be controlling if we knew. The certain estimate if the Norwegian people for instance the grades that the food-producing companies paid the three great conglomerates (NorgesGruppen, Reitan Gruppen and COOP) for space on the aisles or placements fees directly to the Supermarket Company. Well, this will be kept secret and the agreements are happening in the shadow as the laws and regulations are not steep towards the conglomerates as they are supporting the campaigns of politicians and they doesn’t want to lose their Party funds. They might not say it, but why hasn’t anybody had the clue of curving the power of these companies and their near monopoly on food in the nation?
Well, the media doesn’t care and doesn’t question the powers enough. There certainly exemptions that some tries and somebody does ask questions. But they are wild roses and not common flowers in the gardens as they should be.
Where is these reports and these seldom good ones get lost in the trail of the tabloid and hearsay stories as the click-bait are more commonly shared. The dumbing down and the simplistic words portrayed for the masses. We have to get the media to be more responsible to the viewership, to ask the questions as the dumbing down are happening. As he the journalistic integrity is dying and the media-houses are making easier pieces. Lastly we have to pay for men and woman to dig deep it takes time and doesn’t come for free. The hardcover reports doesn’t come over night, it takes work and persistence. The persistence to find and correct the powers and follow the money takes time. It is a reason if you follow the trail of money, you will find the heart of them. That is because we spend money where our heart is or where our heart desire. The ones that claim otherwise think about how you spend your own monies and cater to your needs. There you have it right?

Just think about it and the words I am writing. It is just a wild approach into darkness. Because their beacons of hope, but very few. I am just a man who writes what I like and discuss what I see fit and digs into the stories I see needed be or find questionable. If not like with Dr. Kizza Besigye and his campaign where I am a hopeful man who wishes for regime change, and for governments that are accountable and transparent. Therefore I support the man and his cause. The same I does with Pastor Evan Mawarire and others who deserves be credited for their cause of freedom, liberation and justice for their citizens. The Citizens that needs and deserves government that represents their will and their institutions to deliver needed services to the people.
We need them to ask questions; we need them to dig deep and not just what the government want to publicise to make them look good. We need the dirty laundry out… and without a doubt without fear and without being censored for the will of profit, but for the will of common good. I know it is a lot to ask in corporate multi-national media-houses and the governments who do what they can to be embedded with them. This says what state we’re in and what we can do about it. Therefore I poke, to question. Not because I have answers, because I don’t; but because I have the will to question and seek for answers. Peace.

Dear John Pombe Magufuli
It is my time to write a few wise words to your Excellency, the steadfast President of the United Republic of Tanzania. It is important that I write to you! Because your acting more and more like an oppressive king, than a democratic and honorable statesman.
In the Oxford dictionary the word Criticize defined two ways:
First Definition:
“Indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way: the opposition criticized the government’s failure to consult adequately technicians were criticized for defective workmanship’” (Oxford Dictionary)
Second definition:
“Form and express a judgement of (a literary or artistic work): a literary text may be criticized on two grounds: the semantic and the expressive’” (Oxford Dictionary).
When you see this Honorable President, it is a way of disagreeing with your ways and your actions. Not disapprove you totally, it can be constructive and healthy as the words and policy’s needs. It might be the form of your Government that are criticized. Would you ever consider that Hon. Magufuli, that is the reason for questions from MPs and On-Air?
Ask examples of when you haven’t been able to criticize for your actions. Like in earlier in May 2016 you got a Member of Parliament arrested for calling you on-air a dictator, this was the opposition MP Singida Tindu Lissu. After a while after and with reports today this recent week or even today there are reports of you bans two Media Houses or Radio Stations, these are Radio 5 and Magic FM; After they are alleged to abuse your Presidency and your place in society.
This proves you have a incapacity of being questioned. How did you become the leader of a political party without discussions, without consideration or even letting go of your own pride Hon. Magufuli? Did that go out of the building the day you became President of Tanzania. Because this is worrying that you are silencing the discussion and freedom of speech. Because if somebody now criticize you in public, they can get detained or ban from being On-Air. Is this the legacy you want to leave behind?
You will not be remembered for settling score on Corruption, on common greed in Parliament or setting the bar on the MPs Cars and on ghost workers in the country. Instead people will remember how you silenced the words and the discussion. How you couldn’t handle being questioned while being in charge of the proud nation. Instead they will remember you for acting rash on the men who said something about you.
When you are the kingpin on top you will be questioned and all your behavior will not be praised and hailed. Your work with corrupt civil servants and MPs are healthy, but your control on the discussion in the Nation is not healthy. It’s a sickness that needs a vaccine and you need remedy… since the value of freedom of speech and democratic values. You don’t want to be dictator do you hon. Magufuli?
Because a dictator dictates and decides what all people are supposed to listen to and silence the media that doesn’t speak or praise the Dictator daily! Is that what you want? Do you need to be in the spotlight and get the beautiful pieces of words and the viable honor of all men in Nation. Certainly seems so since you cannot handle the Opposition using harsh words to counter your policies and ways. Your direct and hardline regulations are putting some people in between rocks and hard places. They will because of that acts and talk in ways that are not diplomatic. Therefore you should show mercy and grace as you are the Lord, the man who reside and Preside in the Dominion.
As the leader and the Executive, you should something bow down and just hear the criticism, instead your cold-bloodedly detain and now silence them. That is not justice, not freedom and not liberated society. You are not acting upon the ways people expected of you. If I wrote this and we’re in Moshi, Dodoma or Tanga; I might be detained or harassed. Since the other ones who questions you are in trouble.
Is this what you want your name to associate with Honorable Excellency John Pombe Magufuli?
Best Regards
The humble writer of this blog!


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