Ten journalists,
nine of them based in Arusha, have been awarded by the Tanzania
Horticultural Association (Taha) as part of the organization's 10th
anniversary celebrations which were marked last week.
Six of them are
senior newspaper reporters based in the town and the seventh is operating from
Dar es Salaam. Those from the electronic media are three famous
announcers/presenters.
The Nation Media
Group (NMG),which includes Mwananchi Communications Limited (MCL), took three
of the 10 prizes presented by the first Taha board chairperson and a
prominent advocate based in Arusha, Colman Ngalo.
They
are Zephania Ubwani and Patty Magubira who are the staff writers of
The Citizen in Arusha and Adam Ihucha of The East African, a weekly
publication of the Nairobi-based NMG, the mother company of MCL. The
latter also contributes to The Citizen.
The journalists
were prized for consistent reporting on horticulture, one of the fastest
growing economic sectors in the country. The ceremony was held on Thursday
evening last week (November 27th) at the Mt. Meru Hotel.
The event coincided with a conference in which stakeholders in the industry took stock of the achievements made and challenges ahead.
Other journalists
who won the prizes dedicated to Taha's 10th anniversary included Marc Nkwame of
Daily News, Eliya Mbonea of New Habari Corporation, Charles Ole Ngereza of the
Guardian Limited and Erick Toroka of Business Times.
Before joining Daily
News, Mr. Nkwame worked for Arusha Times, a weekly tabloid published in town
since the mid-1990s.
From the electronic
media the winners were Jamillah Omar of Channel Ten, Mwanaidi Mkwizu from ITV/
Radio One and Ramadhani Mvungi of Star TV/Radio Free Africa.
During a similar contest held in 2008, only two journalists - Mr. Ubwani and Ihucha- were awarded by Taha for their concise reporting of the then nascent horticultural industry, now generating millions of dollars each year to the economy.
Speaking during a well attended function, Taha CEO Ms Jacquiline Mkindi said the organization would continue to support the media in its quest to reach out the public and hence promote the industry.
The association was formally established in 2004 and has its headquarters in Arusha. In recent years, it has extended its operations across the country with the opening of branches in Morogoro, Zanzibar and the lake and southern highlands zones.
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