Dar es Salaam. Journalist of Mwananchi newspaper published by Mwananchi Communications Limited (MCL), Daniel Makaka has been awarded the best writing award in 2022 on the part of newspapers due to his contribution in writing news that affects the society.
The awards which have been organized by the Eangle Entertainment Company have been given tonight, Monday December 26, 2022, involving some journalists from the Sengerema District and various other people.
Makaka has been given the award due to the information he wrote which helped a student who was married to a teacher and was unable to continue with fifth form studies.
Makaka wrote the news that gave him victory in 2018 and continued to follow it, where after the news, the teacher who married the student in 2016-18, was arrested and later the student managed to join the fifth form.
However, after the student graduated from the sixth form, he passed and is now continuing his studies at Saint Augustine University (SAUT) Mwanza.
Speaking to Mwananchi after receiving the award, Makaka said that the award has given him the motivation to work hard.
“I am happy to receive this award, it will give me more motivation to work hard, although at the time when I brought up the saga, there were those who hated me, but since I saw that it was news that affects the community, I decided to continue with it” said Makaka and added
“As a writer, I will continue to write news that raises the challenges of the people so that they can find solutions to those challenges”
The director of the Eagle Entertainment Company, which is the organizer of the awards, Hasani Kuku has said that they are giving the awards to encourage the work of journalists to raise issues concerning society.
The awards have also been given to various people including Sengerema Member of Parliament Hamis Tabasamu, who received an honorary award along with the Head of Sengerema district, Senyi Ngaga who also received an honorary award due to their contribution in managing well the collection of income and development projects.
Others who got the awards are the best artists where the artist Lidia Juwakali who got two awards, MC Wilimu Buhilwa emerged as the winner.
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