At the start of the presidential campaign, one of the country's national television stations, Telma, claimed that it faced unequal access to information and unfair competition in the media market and blamed this on the government.
Mwanzoni mwa kampeni za Urais, mmoja wapo ya vituo vya televisheni vya taifa, Telma kilidai kuwa kilikumbana na hali ya kutokuwa na fursa sawa ya kupata habari na ushindani usio wa haki katika soko la habari, hali ambayo kituo hicho kinasema imesababishwa na serikali.