The presidency is not an office job. If I only sit in the office in Dar es Salaam I’m not running the country. I visit the country to inspect develop… - Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

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The presidency is not an office job. If I only sit in the office in Dar es Salaam I’m not running the country. I visit the country to inspect development programmes, to inspect activities, to see how things are going, how the government agenda is being implemented, what are the teething issues. And some of these problems simply need my simple word. My simple word of do it, then it is done.

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About Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

Jakaya Kikwete (bon October 7, 1950) is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015.

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Alternative Names: Jakaya M. Kikwete
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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.

This is senseless cruelty. It must stop forthwith... I am told that people kill albinos and chop their body parts, including fingers, believing they can get rich when mining or fishing.

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That day may come. But I’m not seeing it coming soon. We are still strong enough; we’re still popular; I think we are doing the right things.

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