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By Thomson John, London,  March  16, 2020 The Idependent online newspaper  has published news article titled, Tanzanians raise £ 100,000 to support opposition politicians convicted for holding a rally. The propaganda , spurious and non-factual  art icle was written by  Andy Gregory  and  published three days  ago. In fact, the article is non-proffesional and aims at turnishing Tanzania’ s name in  international arena.  The writer says ,  spurious fines undermine possibility of democratic polls this year. This is astonishing. How does court fines relate with democratic polls to be held later this year?  Editors must understand that since 1995 Tanzania has been conducting multiparty elections. The fact is, even the convicted MPs are fruits of democratic elections conducted in the country after five years.   Editors  must  understand that Tanzanian courts are independent and not partisan. Good editors had to search in archives before publishing such  a dubious article