“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.” PeopleGovernmentFormUsedWhiteDealsLeaderCorruptionListsGapsCollarsPlugsWhite Collar Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“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.” IfsWorldCountryPoorProduceFootballPromiseMapsI PromiseVery SadTanzaniaZidane Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“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.” GovernmentLostPolicyGood ThingsRadicalRepublicFourthMistakenRadical Change Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“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.” IfsThinkingGivingYearsMayHas BeensMillionsHugeSucceedCongressChineseCompareTanzania Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“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.” PeopleIfsHumansDoeHas BeensSaidPresidentRightsStupidOfficeStandingIncludingHuman RightsRemoveHopelessMurdererZimbabweTanzaniaBasic Human RightsSimply SaidMugabe Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“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.” UnderstandingAnswersSituationDemandChinaAgendasMutualWhy NotCooperationMutual UnderstandingWhy Now Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“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.” DoneJusticeNumbersCriticalPriorities Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“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.” FirstsCountryLyingSidesPoorOur CountryLakesNeighbourMournKenyaMinerals Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money.” IfsGivingKnowing Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“The presidency is not an office job. If I only sit in the office in Dar es Salaam I'm not running the country.” JobsOfficePresidencyOffice Jobs Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“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.” GivingAdvicePolicyDifficultyDemonstrationRiotImposingImplementationImf Author:Jakaya Kikwete
