I won’t be good next year, but I’ll sure be well rested

After nearly a decade of writing for public consumption, one gets used to feedback. I have benefited from wonderful advice from long-term readers, most of whom I have not met. They check in from time to time to “help” me regulate my compass. Recently, I got an e-mail with the following indictments:

“I have been growing increasingly concerned about your levels of self-censorship... it is much below the standards of a true Tanzanian revolutionary. From your protected perch in The EastAfrican, we are depending on you to be more engaging on behalf of the millions of Tanzanians that do not have any voice at all. The masses of the people do not read The EastAfrican, so your audience is by nature tame and reserved, but they are the movers and shakers in society also. They need to know that someone is there reminding them about the issues that affect the poor and vulnerable in the society, who by the way are the majority.”