Jakaya Kikwete Quotes

#1. 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

#2. 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

#3. 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.

Jakaya Kikwete

#4. I wonder if anyone who needs a snappy song service can really appreciate the meaning of the cross.

Reinhold Niebuhr

#5. Were I you, I'd not put my trust in stories. They tend to pass off lies as the truth and hide the truth in their lies.

Lisa Maxwell

#6. The presidency is not an office job.

Jakaya Kikwete

#7. 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.

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#8. I remember when I was younger and I wanted to be beautiful; now I'm older and I want to be intelligent. I want to burn hearts with brilliance and engulf souls with compassion. I want to be loved for my thoughts and nothing else.

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#9. We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

Paul Wellstone

#10. 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

#11. Adrian!You Used compulsion on that guy. That ... I mean, it's ... "
"Awesome?Yeah,I Know

Richelle Mead

#12. 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

#13. I don't even bother trying to picture a perfect world, because I don't think that perfection is something to strive for. I prefer imperfection. That's what makes things special. You know, things that change

Anthony Kiedis

#14. 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.

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#15. Africa needs access to markets.

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#16. The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

#17. To me, the most critical thing in agriculture is investing in the peasant agriculture, transforming peasant agriculture.

Jakaya Kikwete

#18. Land ownership has never been a problem. People have access to land. The peasants cannot complain about land ownership.

Jakaya Kikwete

#19. Our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity and on creating the right conditions for Canadian businesses.

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#20. 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.

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#21. Roads are the blood vessels of the economy.

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#22. 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.

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#23. 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.

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#24. At independence, Tanzania had 350,000 elephants ... in 1987, there were only 55,000 elephants left.

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#25. 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