Jakaya Kikwete: Quotes about people

Jakaya Kikwete is Tanzanian politician and president. Explore interesting quotes on people.

Jakaya Kikwete: 46 quotes1 like

“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

Interviews, Interview with Financial Times, 2007-10-04 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8a07e28-72a3-11dc-b7ff-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check1/

“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.”

Jakaya Kikwete

When ordering a crackdown on witchdoctors, 2008-04-03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7327989.stm <br class="br">2008

“This is our kind of politics-to involve the people in staging protest marches, but not in matters that concern their very lives.”

Jakaya Kikwete

On the opposition Civic United Front's demonstrations, 2008-04-15 http://ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2008/04/15/112433.html <br class="br">2008

“They discuss no strings. There, the people, they don’t discuss anything. You can’t beat the British, you’ve got to sit with them for hours. They talk about this, they talk about that.”

Jakaya Kikwete

On the fewer strings attached to China's assistance. <br class="br">Interviews, Interview with Financial Times, 2007-10-04 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8a07e28-72a3-11dc-b7ff-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check1/