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State of the media in Southern Africa 2002
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ALERT
DATE: 2002-06-06
PERSON(S): Juma Nkamia
VIOLATION(S): Censored
Popular radio presenter Juma Nkamia
has been banned from broadcasting
Football Association of Tanzania
(FAT) organised matches and competitions
for one year. Nkamia, who
works for the state-run Radio Tanzania
Dar es Salaam (RTD), is being
punished for allegedly hailing Kenya’s
soccer team victory against Tanzania.
The FAT Executive Committee imposed
the ban on Nkamia, claiming
that he announced that FAT should
shoulder the blame for the national
team’s humiliating defeat to Kenya.
MISA has notified RTD management
of the stern penalty given to
Nkamia. According to Nkamia, he
appealed the ban to the highest sports
board in the country, Baraza la
Michezo Tanzania (BMT), on May
29, 2002. The BMT’s Executive Committee
denies having received the appeal.
UPDATE
DATE: 2002-06-10
PERSON(S): Juma Nkamia
VIOLATION(S): Censored
State-run Radio Tanzania Dar es Salaam
(RDT) has notified the Football
Association of Tanzania (FAT) that it
would not take disciplinary action
against radio presenter Juma Nkamia,
as he has neither violated the Civil
Service Regulations nor breached the
ethical code of conduct.
RDT was responding to the FAT’s
May 29, 2002 appeal, in which the
football association urged the broadcaster
to institute disciplinary proceedings
against Nkamia. The letter
of appeal also contained notification
of the stern penalty that the FAT
slapped on the presenter. The football
association banned Nkamia from
broadcasting FAT-organised matches
and competitions for one year.
RTD explained that its management
could only take disciplinary action
against an employee if there was clear
proof of a violation of civil service
regulations or a breach of the broadcasting
code of ethical conduct. In this
case, RDT management was satisfied
that there were no grounds for disciplinary
action.
MISA reported on June 6 that popular
RTD radio presenter Nkamia was
banned from broadcasting FAT-organised
matches and competitions for one
year, allegedly for hailing Kenya’s
national soccer team after their 5-0
victory against their Tanzanian counterpart.
UPDATE
DATE: 2002-09-05
INSTITUTION(S): Media
VIOLATION(S): Threatened
The government has issued a stern
warning against “unethical” news
media, saying that such conduct has
contributed to the fall of moral standards
in the country.
On August 20 2002, the Prime Minister’s
Office issued a four-page statement,
warning that the government
would not hesitate to take punitive
measures against any newspaper that
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