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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88103, member: 27"]
A language columnist just torched sloppy reporting on land valuations and border-duty wording in two separate Tanzanian stories.

Land-valuation language mix-up in Tarime
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[*]Reporters wrongly said residents underwent valuation.
[*]Land gets valued, not the people themselves.
[*]Some 654 of 728 affected residents got compensated.
[*]Eleven allegedly refused, but the phrasing stays ambiguous.
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Border-duty reporting mess in Kagera
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[*]Five vehicles got intercepted near the Mutukula border.
[*]Goods inside lacked proper duty payments, not the vehicles.
[*]PCCB's Kagera branch recovered over 57 million shillings.
[*]Investigations could lead to suspects being arraigned.
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Columnist's grammar and phrasing fixes
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[*]Entering was the wrong verb for an already-crossed border.
[*]Arraigned in court is technically a redundant phrase.
[*]Valuation belongs to the land, not the affected persons.
[*]Precise legal terminology matters in public reporting.
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