With a Light Touch progressed slowly. Historically, past columnists of Daily News like Franklin Mzirai (Up The Stage in mid 1970’s), Philip Ochieng and Jenerali Ulimwengu (early 1970’s) had a sophisticated method of delivering press punches.
Mpinzani wa mwanzo wa siasa ya Ujamaa na mtetezi wa demokrasia nchini marehemu Oscar S. Kambona (aliyefariki London 1997) hakuandika kitabu. Mzanzibari maarufu aliyekuwa Waziri wa Uchumi serikali ya Muungano, Abdulrahman Babu (akafariki pia hapa London 1996) baada ya kuwekwa kizuizini kufuatia mauaji ya Rais wa Kwanza wa Zanzibar, Sheikh Amani Karume (1972) hakutuachia kitabu.