The presidency is not an office job. If I only sit in the office in Dar es Salaam I'm not running the country. Jakaya Kikwete More Quotes by Jakaya Kikwete More Quotes From Jakaya Kikwete If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money. Jakaya Kikwete knowing ifs giving Those who expect radical changes in policy and direction are mistaken and lost. The government of the fourth republic will build on what was undertaken by previous governments and will continue with all good things. Jakaya Kikwete radical-change republic government I don't think they (the Chinese) have better friends in Africa than us. But when we compare to how much money we get, if we succeed, if the MCA is funded by the US Congress for Tanzania, it's going to be $700 Million. It's going to be huge, it may be a total of all the Chinese have been giving us all these years. Jakaya Kikwete giving years thinking It's very sad that Tanzania is a poor football country. If elected, I promise to put this country on the world football map. I will make sure we produce our own Okochas, El Hadji Dioufs and Zinedine Zidanes here. Jakaya Kikwete zidane football country Africa needs access to markets. Jakaya Kikwete access needs We cannot continue to mourn about our country being poor while our minerals are lying untapped and with harvesting at Lake Natron, we will not be the first to do so, because our neighbours, Kenya, are doing the same on the other side of the lake. Jakaya Kikwete lakes country lying There were times when there were riots in Africa, demonstrations against the IMF because of the policy advice they were giving, the conditionalities they were imposing, and the difficulties that arose out of the implementation of those conditionalities. Jakaya Kikwete imf advice giving Roads are the blood vessels of the economy. Jakaya Kikwete blood-vessels economy blood Justice has to be done, justice must be seen to be done, what the AU is simply saying is that what is critical, what is the priority, is peace. That is priority number one now. Jakaya Kikwete priorities justice numbers There are no demands - undue demands... There are many questions we get? Why China? Why now and the answer is why not?... There is no any hidden agenda in our cooperation with China, it is a relationship based on mutual understanding and equality; they understand our situation. Jakaya Kikwete agendas why-not understanding My government is going to deal with all forms of corruption. White-collar corruption will be high on the list and we are going to plug all gaps that are being used by corrupt leaders (and) business people. Jakaya Kikwete government white people Tanzania is standing by the people of Zimbabwe including President Mugabe... Mugabe is there, he is president, he has been elected. If Tanzania had simply said, stupid, you're hopeless, a murderer, a violator of basic human rights; does that remove Mugabe from office? It doesn't. Jakaya Kikwete zimbabwe stupid rights We are looking at 2040 as the most probable date for a malaria-free Africa, if we continue with the interventions that we have been doing here relentlessly, we should be able to get there. Jakaya Kikwete health-news They said: 'If you take this girl to the hospital, if she gets an injection, then that jinni (spirit)... will... suck all her blood'. Jakaya Kikwete health-news Anyone who tries to cause trouble will be dealt with. Jakaya Kikwete world There are people who pretend to read Tanzania's mind, they claim that Tanzania has no intention of taking on rebel groups in the DRC. These are bizarre people because Tanzania, like South Africa and Malawi, has troops in the DRC with a firm United Nations mandate. Jakaya Kikwete world There were ethical shortfalls in her conduct ... that is why we agreed to ask the minister to give us the opportunity to appoint someone else in her position, one of the biggest questions raised is why this money was not paid directly to the school and was instead deposited in a personal bank account in her name. Jakaya Kikwete energy If we invest in logistic centers, improve on infrastructure and create a facilitative environment, we can easily turn Dar es Salaam into another Dubai of its kind. Jakaya Kikwete turn create dubai environment To me, the most critical thing in agriculture is investing in the peasant agriculture, transforming peasant agriculture. Jakaya Kikwete most me agriculture investing If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action. Jakaya Kikwete think leadership action people
