THE newspaper vendors in Iringa have asked the community to appreciate their work of selling newspapers and to abandon the misconceptions of viewing them as inappropriate people in society.
The vendors said that when they talked to The Guardian reporter yesterday through the Iringa newspaper vendor group (UWAMAI), adding that they have decided to start the unity so as to eliminate community misconceptions about them.
They argued that there are people view them like antagonists, smokers, and immoral in society and others feel that they have some ideology for political parties.
Explaining to the reporter, the chairman of the UWAMAI coalition, Mashaka Kayoka said that the job of selling newspapers is a job like other jobs of income-generating activities.
Kayoka asked various stakeholders of the newspapers, the government and private sector to support such groups to appreciate their work of distributing newspapers to different stakeholders for information.
"We have been portrayed by the community that sellers of newspaperss are thieves and violent people, or we do not work for income. We also have a family and we care for our families through this work as well as educating the kids ..., "said Kayoka.
He said that the goal of creating unity was to support each other in difficulty and in needy to provide for example that, if a member suffers or nursing for her/his patient, dies the union helps him by giving less money to achieve treatment or funeral.
UWAMAI secretary Bernard Makoli said the union was officially registered with the relevant authorities and issued a registration number IR / IMC / CBO NO.208 and was allowed to perform its activities in the Iringa Municipality, and in the Iringa region as a whole.
He has asked media houses and various newspapers stakeholders to support them in their daily activities.
"We are doing the work of distributing information by selling newspapers so the newspaper owners should see the importance of helping us with empowerment and wealth," he said.
He added that the unity is also a community-based which gives training and campaign to community in order to cope with poverty by encouraging community members through their group work to bring about positive change in development.
On the other hand, the union treasurer Salum Hamisi said that their group gained revenue through various membership fees and contributions.
He said they are asking for banking institutions and stakeholders to support their efforts by enabling them to fund the basket (mfuko) so that they can exchange and eventually get rid of poverty. By Friday Simbaya, Iringa
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