“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

September 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4241916.stm
2005

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