Jakaya Kikwete
Jakaya Kikwete
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwetewas the fourth President of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015. Prior to his election as President, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 under his predecessor, Benjamin Mkapa. He has also served as the Chairperson of the African Union in 2008–2009 and the Chairman of the Southern African Development Community Troika on Peace, Defence and Security in 2012–2013...
NationalityTanzanian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth7 October 1950
CityMsoga, Tanzania
CountryTanzania, United Republic of
Land ownership has never been a problem. People have access to land. The peasants cannot complain about land ownership.
Our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity and on creating the right conditions for Canadian businesses.
People who sow seeds of discord by preaching tribalism, racism and religious misunderstanding should find another place to go.
We need to conduct a public debate on this issue.
If we did that we'll go a long way towards poverty alleviation, promoting development and allowing a better life for all, for the people of both countries.
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.
I am fine Tomorrow I'll vote as planned.
I am fine à Tomorrow I'll vote as planned.
The opposition should look seriously into reasons that led them to be rejected by the people. To show our good faith in promoting the culture of opposition (politics) in this country, I am going to set up a ministry to look into government and opposition relations.
We design our own programmes; we take leadership. Of course the donors come in to support us, to complement our efforts. Our responsibility to the donors is about accountability: about how we use that money. If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money.
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.
If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.
The presidency is not an office job.
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.